Loach

(lōch)

,

Noun.

[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.

LOACH

,

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the muddy loach

loach ‎(plural loaches)

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.

fish of the family Cobitidae