chub

American  

[chuhb] / tʃʌb /

noun

plural

chub,

plural

chubs

1. a common freshwater fish, Leuciscus cephalus, of European waters, having a thick, fusiform body.

2. any of various related fishes.

3. any of several unrelated American fishes, especially the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.

---

chub British  

/ tʃʌb /

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of chub

1400–50; late Middle English chubbe, of obscure origin