Ablet \Ab"let\, Ablen \Ab"len\[F. ablet, ablette, a dim. fr. LL. abula, for albula, dim. of albus white. Cf. {Abele}.] (Zool.) A small fresh-water fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}); the bleak. [1913 Webster]
Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From {Bleak}, a., cf. {Blay}.] (Zool.) A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}), of the family Cyprinid[ae]; the blay. [Written also {blick}.] [1913 Webster] Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird. [1913 Webster]