Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cyprinoid fish, Gila robusta, of the Colorado river basin.

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Examples

  • Valleys with perennial water contain endemic fish species, including the Railroad Valley tui chub, Pahranagat roundtail chub, Railroad Valley springfish, and White River springfish.

    Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA) 2009

  • In the Colorado River basin, three full species of the minnow genus Gila—the roundtail, bonytail, and humpback chubs—can be identified only by a morphological distinction, their distinctively different body shapes.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Alvord chub, Gila alvordensis tui chub, Gila bicolor humpback chub, Gila cypha bonytail, Gila elegans roundtail chub, Gila robusta northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Alvord chub, Gila alvordensis tui chub, Gila bicolor humpback chub, Gila cypha bonytail, Gila elegans roundtail chub, Gila robusta northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • In the Colorado River basin, three full species of the minnow genus Gila—the roundtail, bonytail, and humpback chubs—can be identified only by a morphological distinction, their distinctively different body shapes.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • In the Colorado River basin, three full species of the minnow genus Gila—the roundtail, bonytail, and humpback chubs—can be identified only by a morphological distinction, their distinctively different body shapes.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Alvord chub, Gila alvordensis tui chub, Gila bicolor humpback chub, Gila cypha bonytail, Gila elegans roundtail chub, Gila robusta northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Alvord chub, Gila alvordensis tui chub, Gila bicolor humpback chub, Gila cypha bonytail, Gila elegans roundtail chub, Gila robusta northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • In the Colorado River basin, three full species of the minnow genus Gila—the roundtail, bonytail, and humpback chubs—can be identified only by a morphological distinction, their distinctively different body shapes.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • It is also permissible for him to wear a short roundtail coat in the morning hours; it is similar to the gentleman's tailless evening coat, but it is not faced with silk.

    Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Lillian Eichler Watson

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