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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]