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Definition of "loach" [loach]

  • Any of various Eurasian and African freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae, having barbels around the mouth. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "loach" in a sentence
  • "And the first thing visitors see when they get off the bus is a statue of the company's mascot: the high-fin loach."
  • "It's a good fit for Mr. Noda, who bested more charismatic rivals Banri Kaieda and Seiji Maehara in an election to lead the ruling Democratic Party of Japan partly by likening himself to an ugly stream-dwelling fish called the loach, and who built his platform of unpopular, albeit low-key, planks such as a temporary reconstruction tax."
  • "He is conciliatory and self-deprecating, likening himself to a bottom-dwelling scavenger fish called a loach."
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