2018-02-27

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2018-02-27 07:41 am

chub

chub (CHUHB) - n., any of several usually stout-bodied European freshwater carp, especially the European chub (Squalius cephalus, formerly Leuciscus cephalus); any of several unrelated, similar-appearing fish, including the North American black bass (genus Micropterus), the sea chub, and the tautog (Tautoga onitis, which is actually a wrasse).


The name dates back to Middle English as chubbe, origin uncertain, but possibly from the same root as chubby, which is Old Norse kubbr, block/stump/log.

A chub in the hand is worth two in the stream
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---L.