Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chub"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Chub
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chub
n : European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped
body [syn: {Leuciscus cephalus}]
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