chub: Meaning and Definition of

chub

Pronunciation: (chub), [key]
— pl. chub, 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, esp. the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
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