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chub 1

 (chŭb)
n. pl. chub or chubs
1. Any of various usually stout-bodied freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, especially a Eurasian species, Leuciscus cephalus.
2. Any of various other fishes, such as several freshwater whitefishes of the genus Coregonus or various marine fishes of the family Kyphosidae.
[Middle English chubbe.]

chub 2

 (chŭb)
n.
A hermetically sealed plastic tube used for packaging products such as ground meat or caulk.
[Perhaps back-formation from chubby.]
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chub

(tʃʌb)
n, pl chub or chubs
1. (Animals) a common European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Leuciscus (or Squalius) cephalus, having a cylindrical dark greenish body
2. (Animals) any of various North American fishes, esp certain whitefishes and minnows
[C15: of unknown origin]
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chub

(tʃʌb)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) chub, (esp. for kinds or species) chubs.
1. a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Leuciscus cephalus, having a thick body.
2. any of various related fishes.
3. any of several unrelated American fishes, esp. the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
[1400–50; late Middle English chubbe]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.chub - European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped bodychub - European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
Leuciscus cephalus
cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
genus Leuciscus, Leuciscus - a genus of fish including: dace, chub
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Translations

chub

[tʃʌb] N (chub or chubs (pl)) → cacho m
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chub

n pl <-> → Döbel m, → Aitel m
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chub

[tʃʌb] n → cavedano
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The chub and the dace and the carp, not to speak of that Chinese pirate the pike, might still look to it, when I came forth armed with rod and line; but for me and my house the trout is henceforth sacred.
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The river Avon at Rugby is a slow and not very clear stream, in which chub, dace, roach, and other coarse fish are (or were) plentiful enough, together with a fair sprinkling of small jack, but no fish worth sixpence either for sport or food.
It isn't often that great chub, or any other coarse fish, are in earnest about anything; but just then they were thoroughly bent on feeding, and in half an hour Master Tom had deposited three thumping fellows at the foot of the giant willow.
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CHUBS is a young Irish Greyhound who is only just two years old.
GIVE A PET A HOME: Meet Chubs from Hector's Greyhound Rescue
Probably the most common nest association in North America occurs with chubs (Nocomis spp.) as hosts.
Disentangling Reproductive Interactions among Communal Spawning Minnows Using Reproductive Condition and Visual Observations
"The results were dramatic with frogs taking to the pools immediately, and we expect the chubs did too."
Water is life in the desert: Moreno springs rehab site is an oasis for rare animals in the Mimbres River
Chubs, a four-year-old Border Collie, has been missing from his home in Tomintoul, Banffshire, for two weeks.
I don't care about toys, Santa. I just want Chubs home for Christmas; Family devastated after beloved dog goes missing
Critics who argue that the ESA has trampled property rights should consider that private landowners who agreed to have chubs introduced on their property and to provide a reasonable level of protection were given "safe-harbor" agreements.
Three cheers for the chub
Green Bay, WI, April 24, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Charles & Chubs Pet Furnishings aims to raise funding to manufacture their line of pet products through crowd-funding website, Kickstarter.
Pet Product Creator, Charles & Chubs Pet Furnishings, Turns to Kickstarter to Help Fund Startup
is beefing up its product offerings with new Angus frozen ground beef patties and fresh, refrigerated chubs. Both are available in multiple lean points--the Natural Angus Ground Beef Chubs in 8 I / 19, 85/15 and 90/10 lean points, and the Natural Angus Ground Beef Patties in 81/19 and 85/15 lean points.
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ABSTRACT--The saffron shiner (Notropis rubricroceus) has been most commonly described as a nest associate of chubs in the genus Nocomis.
THE SAFFRON SHINER (NOTROPIS RUBRICROCEUS) AS A NEST ASSOCIATE OF THE CREEK CHUB (SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS)

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