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LOACH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loach mean?
• LOACH (noun)
The noun LOACH has 1 sense:
1. slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
Familiarity information: LOACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("loach" is a kind of...):
cypriniform fish (a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes)
Holonyms ("loach" is a member of...):
Cobitidae; family Cobitidae (loaches)
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