Definition of chub

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Chub (n.) 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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Eventognathi :: Eventognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc..
Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, b
Fin :: Fin (v. t.) To carve or cut up, as a chub..
Chub-faced :: Chub-faced (a.) Having a plump, short face..
Chavender :: Chavender (n.) The chub.
Chubbed :: Chubbed (a.) Chubby.
Pollard :: Pollard (n.) A fish, the chub..
Tautog :: Tautog (n.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll..
Hornyhead :: Hornyhead (n.) Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus..
Roach :: Roach (n.) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
Poll :: Poll (n.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a)..
Jentling :: Jentling (n.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.
Creekfish :: Creekfish (n.) The chub sucker.
Chubby :: Chubby (a.) Like a chub; plump, short, and thick..
Chub :: Chub (n.) 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..
Fallfish :: Fallfish (n.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species..
Tinker :: Tinker (n.) The chub mackerel.
Cheven :: Cheven (n.) A river fish; the chub.
Chubbedness :: Chubbedness (n.) The state of being chubby.
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