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CHUB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chub mean? 

CHUB (noun)
  The noun CHUB has 1 sense:

1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped bodyplay

  Familiarity information: CHUB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHUB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chub; Leuciscus cephalus

Hypernyms ("chub" is a kind of...):

cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)

Holonyms ("chub" is a member of...):

genus Leuciscus; Leuciscus (a genus of fish including: dace, chub)


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