Chub

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick
     fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.
     F. chabot chub.] (Zool.)
     A species to fresh-water fish of the {Cyprinid[ae]} 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Chub mackerel} (Zool.), a species of mackerel ({Scomber
        colias}) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic
        coast, but absent in others; -- called also {bull
        mackerel}, {thimble-eye}, and {big-eye mackerel}.
  
     {Chub sucker} (Zool.), a fresh-water fish of the United
        States ({Erimyzon sucetta}); -- called also {creekfish}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chub
       n : European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped
           body [syn: {Leuciscus cephalus}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Chub
     the name of a people in alliance with Egypt in the time of
     Nebuchadnezzar. The word is found only in Ezek. 30:5. They were
     probably a people of Northern Africa, or of the lands near Egypt
     in the south.