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chub

[ chuhb ]

noun

plural (especially collectively) chub, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) 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.


chub

/ ʃʌ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chub1

1400–50; late Middle English chubbe, of obscure origin
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chub1

C15: of unknown origin
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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.

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

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The silver chub isn't considered sensitive to climate change on a national scale, but context matters.

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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.

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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.

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