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Definition of loach in English: loachnoun ləʊtʃloʊtʃ A small elongated bottom-dwelling freshwater fish with several barbels near the mouth, found in Eurasia and north-western Africa. Family Cobitidae and Homalopteridae (or Balitoridae): several genera and numerous species Example sentencesExamples - Clown loaches are schooling fish that should never be kept alone!
- In order to bring to light the Indian varieties there are about 13 species of fish from the Western Ghats, which include half-beak fish, danio, loaches and rasboras.
- We have a freshwater fish tank community of tetras, catfish, gouramis and loaches.
- The loach had to go, it was eating all the food and had grown enormous.
- Another extreme example of habitat adaptation is found in hillstream loaches, which live in the steep, torrential watercourses of Asiatic hillstreams.
Origin Middle English: from Old French loche, of unknown origin. Rhymes approach, broach, brooch, coach, encroach, poach, reproach, roach Definition of loach in US English: loachnounloʊtʃlōCH A small elongated bottom-dwelling freshwater fish with several barbels near the mouth, found in Eurasia and northwestern Africa. Families Cobitidae and Homalopteridae (or Balitoridae): several genera and numerous species Example sentencesExamples - The loach had to go, it was eating all the food and had grown enormous.
- Clown loaches are schooling fish that should never be kept alone!
- We have a freshwater fish tank community of tetras, catfish, gouramis and loaches.
- Another extreme example of habitat adaptation is found in hillstream loaches, which live in the steep, torrential watercourses of Asiatic hillstreams.
- In order to bring to light the Indian varieties there are about 13 species of fish from the Western Ghats, which include half-beak fish, danio, loaches and rasboras.
Origin Middle English: from Old French loche, of unknown origin. |