chub – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
chub
n.
type of fish
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Chub is a common fish name. It pertains to any one of a number of
ray-finned fish in several families and genera. In Europe, the term "chub" usually refers to the
European chub (
Squalius cephalus). See
Sea chub.
chub
Noun
1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
(synonym) Leuciscus cephalus
(hypernym) cyprinid, cyprinid fish
(member-holonym) Leuciscus, genus Leuciscus
Chub
(n.)
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Chub
the name of a people in alliance with Egypt in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, (Ezekiel 30:5) and probably of northern Africa.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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