loach

See also: Loach

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊt͡ʃ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊtʃ

Etymology 1

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the muddy loach

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.

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: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.

Derived terms

• clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
• dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• hillstream loach (Balitoridae)
• muddy loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• oriental loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• panda loach (Yaoshania pachychilus)
• pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• river loach (Balitoridae)
• sea loach
• sergeant major loach
• spined loach (Cobitis taenia)
• stone loach
• sucking loach (Gyrinocheilus spp.)
• weather loach (Misgurnus spp.)

 

Translations

fish of the family Cobitidae

• Bulgarian: щипок m (štipok)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鯉形目／鲤形目

• Chukchi: ԓыгиннээн (ḷyginnėėn), ԓыгинныт pl (ḷyginnyt)
• Czech: mřenka (cs) f
• Finnish: piikkinuoliainen, nuoliainen (fi)
• French: loche (fr) f
• German: Schmerle (de) f
• Hungarian: csík (hu)
• Luxembourgish: Grondel f
• 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)