loach

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊtʃ/
• Rhymes: -əʊtʃ

Etymology 1

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the muddy loach

Wikispecies From Middle English loche, from Old French loche, further origin unknown.

Noun

loach (plural loaches)

1. A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
   1. Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
   2. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: , Balitoridae, and .

Derived terms

• clown loach ()
• dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• hillstream loach (Balitoridae)
• muddy loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• oriental loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• panda loach ()
• pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• river loach (Balitoridae)
• spined loach (Cobitis taenia)
• sucking loach ( spp.)
• weather loach (Misgurnus spp.)

Translations

fish of the family Cobitidae

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鯉形目／鲤形目, 鲤形目

• Chukchi: ԓыгиннээн (ḷyginnėėn), ԓыгинныт pl (ḷyginnyt)
• Czech: mřenka (cs) f
• Finnish: piikkinuoliainen, nuoliainen (fi)
• French: loche (fr) f
• German: Schmerle f
• Hungarian: csík (hu)
• Luxembourgish: Grondel f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Manx: caillagh ruy f, carroo ruy m
• Norman: louoche f
• Polish: piskorz (pl) m
• Portuguese: cadozete m
• Russian: голе́ц (ru) m (goléc)
• Slovak: pĺž m, pĺžik m
• Slovene: činklja m
• Spanish: locha (es) f

Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of the acronym LOH (“loach”)

Noun

loach (plural loaches)

1. (slang) Synonym of LOH (light observation helicopter)