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1. (n.) chub
a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Leuciscus cephalus, having a thick body.
2. chub
any of various related fishes.
3. chub
any of several unrelated American fishes, esp. the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME chubbe)
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1. (noun) chub, Leuciscus cephalus
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
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1. (noun) chub
a species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc
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