loach

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈləʊtʃ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊtʃ

Etymology 1
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the muddy loach

Wikispecies From Middle English loche, from Old French loche, further origin unknown.

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.
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Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of the acronym LOH (“loach”)

Noun

loach (plural loaches)

  1. (slang) Synonym of LOH (light observation helicopter)
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