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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 [of unknown origin] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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His father owned a delicatessen and a smokehouse in Chicago, and as a kid, Kahan would occasionally help out, taking the chubs from their brine bath and into the smokehouse. We had frogs, turtles, muskrats, minks, Kentucky spotted bass, channel cat fish, big mouth bass, mud cat, minnows, creek chubs that we used for bait," recalls Chapman, an avid hunter and fisherman. Trees planted along rivers prove a boon for reducing pollution into precious waterways, helping tundra swans, Appalachian elktoe mussels, and spotfin chubs, along with other fish and waterfowl. |
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