chub

English - Turkish

Definition of chub in English Turkish dictionary

sarı balık

kefal

tatlı su kefalı

{i} tatlısu kefali

(isim) tatlısu kefali

sazan cinsinden birkaç çeşit balık

Related Terms

chub mackerel

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) kolyos

chub mackerel

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Kolyoz: Uskumrugillerden, uzunluğu 30-35 cm olan, Akdeniz ve Karadeniz'de yaşayan bir balık türü (Scomber colias)

bermuda chub

bermuda kefali

English - English

Definition of chub in English English dictionary

A gay man

By extension, various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes

A chubby, plump person

One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:

in North America, the black bass.

{n} the name of a fish, a dunce

A chubby person, especially a gay man

In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc

a fish that lives in lakes and rivers. Any of several freshwater fishes of the carp family that are commonly caught for bait, sport, and food. Popular species include the European chub (Leuciscus cephalus) of Europe and Great Britain, a voracious predator of insects and other fish, and, in North America, the creek chub, or horned dace (Semotilus atromaculatus), and the hornyhead chub (Nocomis, or Hybopsis, biguttata). These species range in length from 6 to 24 in. (15-60 cm). Their colours vary, tending toward bluish or greenish above with a lighter or silvery belly. The name is applied to many cyprinids in North America and to other, unrelated fishes elsewhere

{i} type of fish

The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidæ or Carp family

and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc

A species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family

Related Terms

chub up

to become chubby, to get fat

chub mackerel

small mackerel found nearly worldwide

hornyhead chub

Nocomis biguttatus, a small minnow of the northern central United States and Canada

The chub

chavender

bermuda chub

food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships

chubs

plural of chub

sea chub

schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic

Etymology

[ 'ch&b ] (noun.) 15th century. Recorded since c.1450, from Middle English chubbe (“the river fish”), of unknown origin.