meaning of chub
1. 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.
2. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
Related Words
chub | chub mackerel | chub-faced | chubbed | chubbedness | chubbiness | chubby |
