different between cyprinidae vs chub

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?b, IPA^(key): /t??b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”). Cognate with Icelandic kubbur (“block, cube”), Norwegian kubb, kubbe (“block, stump, log”), Swedish kubb (“block, log”), and perhaps to Icelandic kubba (“to hew, chop, lop”) and Russian ??????? (kubyška). More at cob, kibble.

Noun

chub (plural chubs or chub)

1. One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
   1. A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
   2. in Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
2. (by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
   1. in North America, the black bass.

Derived terms

• chubby
• hornyhead chub
• river chub
• silver chub

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from chubby.

Noun

chub (countable and uncountable, plural chubs)

1. (slang, countable) A chubby, plump person.
   1. (LGBT slang, countable) An overweight or obese gay man.
2. (uncountable) Excess body fat.
3. An erection (erect penis).
4. A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.

Translations

References

• chub at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• HBCU