Definition of Loach

1. Noun. Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes.

Generic synonyms: Cypriniform Fish
Group relationships: Cobitidae, Family Cobitidae

Definition of Loach

1. n. Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.

Definition of Loach

1. Noun. A bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loach

1. a freshwater fish [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Loach

1. Any one of several small, fresh water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. Barbatulus) is used as a food fish. Origin: OE. Loche, F. Loche. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loach

llanero
llaneros
llano
llanos
llc-pk1 cells
lm
lmk
lml
ln
lo-cal
lo-fi
lo-res
lo and behold
lo mein
loa
loach (current term)
loaches
load-bearing
load-bearing(a)
load-shedding
load bearing
load cast
load down
load factor
load fund
load line
load management
load shedding
load time

Literary usage of Loach

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1904)
"The loach is, as I told you, a most dainty fish ; he breeds and feeds in little and clear swift brooks or ... This loach is not unlike the shape of the eel ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"loach, a soft-rayed cyprinoid fish, of the genus cobitis (Linn.). ... All the species of loach are peculiarly restless during stormy weather, ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"App. 736) DE loach et al. v. KENNEDY, Sheriff. (No. 10182. ... O. De loach and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Affirmed. ..."

4. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"THE loach is not uncommon in our rivers and brooks ; but its habits of lurking under stones often prevents its being observed. Dr. George Johnston finds it ..."

5. The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1875)
"The loach is, as I told you, a most dainty fish : he breeds and feeds ... The loach is not unlike the shape of the Eel: he has a beard or wattles like a ..."

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