Loach

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loach \Loach\ (l[=o]ch), n. [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zool.)
     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 ({Nemachilus
     barbatulus}) is used as a food fish.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loach
       n : slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling
           catfishes