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Dace vs Chub - What's the difference?

dace | chub |

As nouns the difference between dace and chub

is that dace is the shoal-forming fish species: Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales while chub is one of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially.

dace

English

(wikipedia dace)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The shoal-forming fish common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.
  • * 1949 , (George Orwell), (Nineteen Eighty-Four) , p28
  • Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.
  • (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
  • Anagrams

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    chub

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
  • # the European chub, Leuciscus cephalus
  • # in Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
  • By extension, various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
  • # in North America, the black bass.
  • Derived terms
    * chubby * hornyhead chub

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chubby, plump person
  • An overweight or obese gay man.
  • A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.
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