chub

American  

[chuhb] / tʃʌb /

noun

plural

chub,

plural

chubs

1. a common freshwater fish, Leuciscus cephalus, of European waters, having a thick, fusiform body.

2. any of various related fishes.

3. any of several unrelated American fishes, especially the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.

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chub British  

/ tʃʌb /

noun

1. a common European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Leuciscus (or Squalius ) cephalus, having a cylindrical dark greenish body

2. any of various North American fishes, esp certain whitefishes and minnows

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Etymology

Origin of chub

1400–50; late Middle English chubbe, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

It is normal for penguins to stack on some "healthy baby chub" after they hatch, the aquarium's Jacinta Early tells the BBC, but keepers had no idea Pesto would become so immense.

From BBC

Shortly after some removals, arroyo chub, another native fish, started moving upstream, Jacobson said.

From Los Angeles Times

"Relative to other species we looked at in the gulf region of the U.S., the silver chub occupied a pretty small geographic area," said Samuel Silknetter, a Ph.D. student in biological sciences.

From Science Daily

As a result, conservation groups sued the agency, saying it would potentially harm sage grouse, a species whose population is listed as "sensitive," as well as the Owens tui chub, an endangered fish.

From Salon

It’s the latest tactic in an ongoing struggle to keep non-native smallmouth bass and green sunfish at bay below the Glen Canyon Dam and to protect a threatened native fish, the humpback chub.

From Seattle Times