Definitions for loachloʊtʃ
ADVERTISEMENT
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
loachloʊtʃ(n.)
any slender freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae, having barbels around the mouth.
Category: Ichthyology
Origin of loach:
1325–75; ME loche < MF
Princeton's WordNet
loach(noun)
slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
Wiktionary
loach(Noun)
A bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae.
Webster Dictionary
Loach(noun)
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
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"loach." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/loach>.