chub

noun

1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

   noun.animal

   Synonyms leuciscus cephalus

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. A species to fresh-water fish of the <i>Cyprinid&aelig;</i> or Carp family. The common European species is <i>Leuciscus cephalus</i>; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera <i>Semotilus</i>, <i>Squalius</i>, <i>Ceratichthys</i>, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the <i>tautog</i>, <i>black bass</i>, etc.

   noun

   Source: webster1913