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Definition of Loach
1. Noun. Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Loach
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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