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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  blk
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. bleak or bleaks
A small European freshwater fish of the genus Alburnus that is related to the carp and has silvery scales used in the manufacture of artificial pearls.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English bleke, probably alteration (influenced by bleke, pale) of *blay, from Old English blge.
 
 
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