loach
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Wikispecies From Middle English loche, from Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug.[1]
Noun
loach (plural loaches)
- A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
- Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
- A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.
Derived terms
- clown loach (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- hillstream loach (Balitoridae)
- muddy loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- oriental loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- panda loach (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- river loach (Balitoridae)
- spined loach (Cobitis taenia)
- sucking loach (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. spp.)
- weather loach (Misgurnus spp.)
Translations
fish of the family Cobitidae
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References
- ^ “loach”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
From the pronunciation of the acronym LOH (“loach”).
Noun
loach (plural loaches)
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