Definition of "chub" [chub]

• Any of various freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae related to the carps and minnows, especially a Eurasian species, Leuciscus cephalus. (noun)
• Any of various North American fishes, such as a freshwater whitefish of the genus Coregonus or a marine fish of the genus Kyphosus. (noun)

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• "And there is in it a fish called chub, which they catch; but they do not eat it, for a certain sacred reason."
• ""The chub is a soft fish, and tastes like boiled brown paper salted.""
• "Black bass (locally called chub) and white perch are very abundant, and at the proper season rock and herring enter the Sound in considerable numbers."