'Loach' definitions:
Definition of 'loach'
From: WordNet
noun
Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
Definition of 'Loach'
From: GCIDE
- Loach \Loach\ (l[=o]ch), n. [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zool.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species ({Nemachilus barbatulus}) is used as a food fish. [1913 Webster]