loach

English

Wikipedia

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the muddy loach.

Wikispecies

Noun

loach (plural loaches)

1. A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily Cobitoidea.
   1. The true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
   2. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.

Derived terms

• clown loach
• hillstream loach
• muddy loach
• panda loach
• spined loach
• sucking loach
• weather loach

Translations

fish of the family Cobitidae

• Czech: mřenka (cs) f
• Finnish: piikkinuoliainen (fi), nuoliainen (fi)
• German: Schmerle (de) f
• Hungarian: csík (hu)

• Jèrriais: louoche f
• Luxembourgish: Grondel (lb) f
• Manx: caillagh ruy (gv) f, carroo ruy (gv) m