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Meaning of chum

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  chum
      n 1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their
           activities [syn: {buddy}, {brother}, {chum}, {crony},
           {pal}, {sidekick}]
      2: bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped
         overboard to attract fish
      3: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an
         important food fish [syn: {chum salmon}, {chum},
         {Oncorhynchus keta}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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