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Definition of Chub

Chub
Chub Chub, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zo["o]l.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid[ae] 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. Chub mackerel (Zo["o]l.), a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel. Chub sucker (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.

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- Look up chub in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chub is a common fish name. It pertains to any one of a number of ray-finned fish in several families...
- Look up chub in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chub is a common name for fish in several families and genera. Chub also may refer to: Chub, Texas, community...
- The chub mackerel, Pacific mackerel, or Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber ****onicus) is a species of fish in the tuna and mackerel family, Scombridae. This...
- USS Chub (SS-329), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the chub, a game fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The...
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- The common chub (Squalius cephalus), also known as the European chub or simply chub, is a species of European freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family...
- Hawaiian chub (Kyphosus hawaiiensis), also known as the insular rudderfish or bicolor chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub belonging...
- river chub (Nocomis micropogon) is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae. It is one of the most common fishes in North American streams. The river chub is a...
- The Mohave tui chub (Siphaletes bicolor mohavensis) is a subspecies of the tui chub endemic to the Mojave River. The Mohave tui chub was listed as endangered...
- Nikolay Aleksandrovich Chub (Russian: Николай Александрович Чуб; born 10 June 1984) is a cosmonaut selected by the Roscosmos space agency in 2012. Prior...