chavendern.
The chub (fish); = chevin n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > cyprinus cephalus (chub)
chevinc1450
chub1496
chavender?a1500
pollard1585
botlinga1609
guff1655
sea-chub1668
poll1755
skelly1769
fallfisha1811
big-head1820
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 764 Hec frisgula, a chevender.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xii. 231 A choice bait for the Chub or Chavender . View more context for this quotation
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 271 Chub, (known by the Name of Chevin or Chavender).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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