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n.
Any of various Eurasian and African freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae, having barbels around the mouth.

[Middle English loche, from Old French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *laukka, fish, slug, possibly of Celtic origin.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes

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Loach may refer to:

  • Loaches, fish families in the Cypriniformes:
    • Cobitidae, the "true" loaches – formerly all loaches were united in this family
    • Balitoridae, the hillstream loaches – the largest family, closely related to Cobitidae
    • Gyrinocheilidae, the sucking loaches – a monotypic and less closely related family
  • Ken Loach (born 1936), English film director
  • Scott Loach (born 1988), English footballer
  • "Loach", colloquial name of the Hughes H-6 helicopter

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