big-eye mackerel

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big-eye mackerel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick
     fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.
     F. chabot chub.] (Zool.)
     A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid[ae] or Carp
     family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus;
     the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes
     of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius,
     Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different
     fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
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     Chub mackerel (Zool.), a species of mackerel (Scomber  colias
        ) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic
        coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull  mackerel
        , thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.
  
     Chub sucker (Zool.), a fresh-water fish of the United
        States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.
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