chub

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chub 1

 (chŭb)
n. pl. chub or chubs
1. Any of various usually stout-bodied freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, especially a Eurasian species, Leuciscus cephalus.
2. Any of various other fishes, such as several freshwater whitefishes of the genus Coregonus or various marine fishes of the family Kyphosidae.
[Middle English chubbe.]

chub 2

 (chŭb)
n.
A hermetically sealed plastic tube used for packaging products such as ground meat or caulk.
[Perhaps back-formation from chubby.]
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chub

(tʃʌb)
n, pl chub or chubs
1. (Animals) a common European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Leuciscus (or Squalius) cephalus, having a cylindrical dark greenish body
2. (Animals) any of various North American fishes, esp certain whitefishes and minnows
[C15: of unknown origin]
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chub

(tʃʌb)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) chub, (esp. for kinds or species) chubs.
1. a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Leuciscus cephalus, having a thick body.
2. any of various related fishes.
3. any of several unrelated American fishes, esp. the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
[1400–50; late Middle English chubbe]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.chub - European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped bodychub - European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
Leuciscus cephalus
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
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Translations
chevainechevesne

chub

[tʃʌb] N (chub or chubs (pl)) → cacho m
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chub

n pl <-> → Döbel m, → Aitel m
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chub

[tʃʌb] n → cavedano
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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.
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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.
It isn't often that great chub, or any other coarse fish, are in earnest about anything; but just then they were thoroughly bent on feeding, and in half an hour Master Tom had deposited three thumping fellows at the foot of the giant willow.
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The Environment Agency is carrying out a project to look at barbel and chub stocks in the Dove and Upper Trent in Staffordshire.
Study to look at barbel and chub numbers
In this study we investigated reproductive interactions among chub hosts, strong nest associates, facultative nest associates, and stonerollers which make their own nest and also manipulate the nests of other species, including Nocomis.
Disentangling Reproductive Interactions among Communal Spawning Minnows Using Reproductive Condition and Visual Observations
European chub, Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) is rheophilic (Schiemer and Waidbacher, 1992) that has dominated in ichthyofuana of Turkey.
Age, Growth, Length-Weight Relationship and Reproduction of Chub, Squalius cephalus (L., 1758) in Upper Akcay River, Turkey
Keywords: Chub; Squalius cephalus; Growth; Reproduction; Lake Yenicaga
Growth and Reproduction of Chub (Squalius cephalus) in Lake Yenicaga, Bolu, Turkey
The Mimbres basin is the only place in the United States where the Chihuahua chub occurs.
Water is life in the desert: Moreno springs rehab site is an oasis for rare animals in the Mimbres River
The Shoal Chub is listed as Speckled Chub Macryhybopsis aestivalis in Smith (1979) and by current Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) distribution maps and reports (Metzke et al.
Population trends and a distributional record of selected fish species from the Illinois River
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife said the chub was found in a trap net during fisheries monitoring in mid-October.
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Key words: Alvord Chub, capture probabilities, desert, desiccation, fragmentation, grazing, mark-recapture, normative fishes, Siphateles alvordensis, water withdrawals
Distribution and abundance of Alvord Chub in Oregon and Nevada
Three chub to over 4lb and 89 dace made up Bob Wright's winning 20lb 7oz in the Birchgrove (Cardiff) AS Pairs Cup match on the upper River Wye and, with his match partner, Clive Hill in third place with 10lb 10oz, the duo carried off the trophy.
O'Leary bags the top catch on River Wye
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