stone-loachn. a species of loach, Cobitis barbatula.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > member of family Cobitidae (loach) > cobitis barbatula
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1825 W. HoneEvery-day Bk. (1826) I. 697 When he essay'd to war on dace, bleak, bream, Stone-loach or pike.
1880–4 F. DayFishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 204Stone-loach, due to its fondness for secreting itself beneath a stone.