loach
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈləʊtʃ/
- Rhymes: -əʊtʃ
Noun
loach (plural loaches)
- A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
- Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
- A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.
Derived terms
- clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
- dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- hillstream loach (Balitoridae)
- muddy loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- oriental loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- panda loach (Yaoshania pachychilus)
- pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- river loach (Balitoridae)
- spined loach (Cobitis taenia)
- sucking loach (Gyrinocheilus spp.)
- weather loach (Misgurnus spp.)
Translations
fish of the family Cobitidae
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Etymology 2
From the pronunciation of the acronym LOH (“loach”)
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