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Chub

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Noun

1. chub, leuciscus cephalus

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

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Chub

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nounWord forms: plural chub or chubs
1. 
a common European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Leuciscus (or Squalius) cephalus, having a cylindrical dark greenish body
2. 
any of various North American fishes, esp certain whitefishes and minnows

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Chub

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nounWord forms: plural chubs or chub
1.  US
any of several small, freshwater cyprinoid fishes often used as bait
2. 
any of several freshwater ciscos (genus Coregonus) of N regions
3. 
any of a number of marine fishes with a small mouth; esp., any of a family (Kyphosidae) of percoid fishes

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Chub

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n. pl. chub or chubs
1. Any of various usually stout-bodied freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, especially a Eurasian species, Leuciscus cephalus.
2. Any of various other fishes, such as several freshwater whitefishes of the genus Coregonus or various marine fishes of the family Kyphosidae.
n.
A hermetically sealed plastic tube used for packaging products such as ground meat or caulk.

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