ˈchəb noun
( plural chub or chubs )
Etymology: Middle English chubbe
1. : a common European freshwater cyprinoid fish ( Leuciscus cephalus ) little valued as food — called also chevin
2.
a. : any of various cyprinoid fishes (as the fallfish, horned dace, golden shiner, squawfish, hornyhead)
b. : any of several marine species (as the tautog, Bermuda chub or related forms, spot, pinfish)
c. : largemouth black bass
d. in the Great Lakes region : lake herring
e. : chub sucker