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Definitions for loach
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. loachnoun

    slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes

Wiktionary

  1. loachnoun

    A bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Loachnoun

    The loach is a most dainty fish; he breeds and feeds in little and clear swift brooks or rills, and lives there upon the gravel, and in the sharpest streams: he grows not to be above a finger long, and no thicker than is suitable to that length: he is of the shape of an eel, and has a beard of wattels like a barbel: he has two fins at his sides, four at his belly, and one at his tail, dappled with many black or brown spots: his mouth, barbel-like, under his nose. This fish is usually full of eggs or spawn, and is by Gesner, and other learned physicians, commended for great nourishment, and to be very grateful both to the palate and stomach of sick persons, and is to be fished for with a very small worm, at the bottom, for he very seldom or never rises above the gravel. Izaak Walton Angler.

    Etymology: loche, French.

Wikipedia

  1. Loach

    Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species of Cobitoidea comprise about 107 genera divided among 9 families.

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  1. loach

    A loach is a type of small freshwater fish that belongs to the cobitidae family. It's known for its elongated body and downward-pointing mouth, which it uses to scavange for food on the bottom of rivers, streams, and ponds. There are several different species of loach, most of which are native to Asia and Europe. Some common types include the weather loach and the kuhli loach.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loachnoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [OE. loche, F. loche.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Loach

    Loche, lōch, n. a small river-fish.—Also Beardie. [Fr. loche, Sp. loja.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LOACH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loach is ranked #68949 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Loach surname appeared 285 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Loach.

    80.3% or 229 total occurrences were White.
    17.5% or 50 total occurrences were Black.

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  1. olcha

  2. chola

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of loach in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of loach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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