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loach
[ lohch ]
noun
- any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
Loach
1/ ləʊtʃ /
noun
- LoachKen(neth)1936MBritishFILMS AND TV: television directorFILMS AND TV: director Ken ( neth ). born 1936, British television and film director; his works for television include Cathy Come Home (1966) and his films include Kes (1970), Riff-Raff (1991), Bread and Roses (2000), The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006), and The Angels' Share (2012)
loach
2/ ləʊtʃ /
noun
- any carplike freshwater cyprinoid fish of the family Cobitidae, of Eurasia and Africa, having a long narrow body with barbels around the mouth
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Example Sentences
It is a pity the loach is so delicate; it shows signs of exhaustion sooner than any fish in the collection.
Why, they will allow us neer a jordan, and then we leak in your chimney; and your chamber lie breeds fleas like a loach.
The pond beyond the garden contained a quantity of carp and loach.
The loach and the bullhead are fairly hardy, but have little other attraction.
At times he wants to eat a dish of loach from Phalerum; I seize my dish and fly to fetch him some.
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