loach

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Etymology 1

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Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the muddy loach
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Wikispecies From Middle English loche, from Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug.[1]

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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  1. ^ “loach”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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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