loach
(noun) slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
loach (plural loaches)
A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.
loach (plural loaches)
(slang) synonym of LOH (light observation helicopter)
Source: Wiktionary
Loach, n. Etym: [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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 (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
