chub
Americannoun
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a common freshwater fish, Leuciscus cephalus, of European waters, having a thick, fusiform body.
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any of various related fishes.
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any of several unrelated American fishes, especially the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
noun
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a common European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Leuciscus (or Squalius ) cephalus, having a cylindrical dark greenish body
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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
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Some large coarse fish, such as chub, roach and dace were also killed.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Shortly after some removals, arroyo chub, another native fish, started moving upstream, Jacobson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
"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 ● May 17, 2024
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 ● Aug. 30, 2023
She could feel her bones and muscles just underneath all the chub, and they were big, too.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
Among the dead fish were minnows, white suckers and creek chubs.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2018
Sardines, chubs, rugelach, pickles, boxes of matzo, halva sold by the block, rye bread to blow your socks off, Bloody Marys: these are the flavours which define New York for me.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2015
Backlit signs in black and white proclaim the presence of sardines, chubs, rugelach and pickles by the barrel.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2014
“Pelicans primarily go after what they call ‘trash fish,’ the native fish people don’t actually go for - chubs and things like that.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2014
Two mortal Sundays did I spend, rod in hand, trying to catch bream, chubs, etc.
From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Agassiz, Louis
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