[lohch] 
| any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth. |
| loach (lōch) 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.] |