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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHUB, n. A river fish, called also cheven, of the genus Cyprinus. The body is oblong, nearly round; the head and back, green; the sides silvery, and the belly white. It frequents deep holes in rivers shaded by trees; but in warm weather floats near the surface, and furnishes sport for anglers. It is indifferent food.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural chub or chubs) Etymology: Middle English chubbe Date: 15th century 1. any of numerous freshwater cyprinid fishes (as of the genera Gila and Nocomis) 2. any of several marine or freshwater fishes that are not cyprinids

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a thick-bodied coarse-fleshed river fish, Leuciscus cephalus. Etymology: 15th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. Chub mackerel (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

chub (kubh).

See CUB.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

He is a young chub, or a mere chub; i.e. a foolish fellow, easily imposed on: an illusion to a fish of that name, easily taken.