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chub

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chub  (chb)
n. pl. chub or chubs
1. Any of various freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae related to the carps and minnows, especially a Eurasian species, Leuciscus cephalus.
2. Any of various North American fishes, such as a freshwater whitefish of the genus Coregonus or a marine fish of the genus Kyphosus.

[Middle English chubbe.]

chub [tʃʌb]
n pl chub, chubs
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Leuciscus (or Squalius) cephalus, having a cylindrical dark greenish body
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various North American fishes, esp certain whitefishes and minnows
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ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chubchub - European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
genus Leuciscus, Leuciscus - a genus of fish including: dace, chub
Translations
chub [tʃʌb] N (chub or chubs (pl)) → cacho m
chub
n pl <-> → Döbel m, → Aitel m
chub [tʃʌb] ncavedano
chub [tʃʌb] ncavedano


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The chub and the dace and the carp, not to speak of that Chinese pirate the pike, might still look to it, when I came forth armed with rod and line; but for me and my house the trout is henceforth sacred.
The river Avon at Rugby is a slow and not very clear stream, in which chub, dace, roach, and other coarse fish are (or were) plentiful enough, together with a fair sprinkling of small jack, but no fish worth sixpence either for sport or food.
 
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