Loach Definition

lōch
noun
Any of a family (Cobitidae, order Cypriniformes) of small, bottom-dwelling, freshwater, bony fishes with barbels around the mouth.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Loach

Noun

Singular:
loach
Plural:
loaches

Origin of Loach

  • Middle English loche from Old French perhaps from Vulgar Latin laukka fish, slug possibly of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Loach Sentence Examples

  • It abounds in loach, and there are valuable salmon fisheries.

  • Nevertheless, Hill is exaggerating what he sees as Loach's growing pessimism.

  • They found that all the spined loach they examined were of the same species, regardless of the river in which they were caught.

  • Giant mud loach was produced by linking the mud loach growth hormone with its actin promoter.

  • The first wave of new inhabitants comprised three platies, and the 'fish with nine lives ' a kuhli loach.

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Words Starting With

LLOLOA

Words Ending With

HCHACH

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