noun
loaches
• Syn: ↑family Cobitidae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cypriniformes, ↑order Cypriniformes
• Member Meronyms: ↑loach
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\\kəˈbid.əˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cobitis, type genus (from Greek kōbitis like the gudgeon, from kōbios gudgeon) + -idae
: a family of slender Old World cyprinoid fishes having long barbels at the mouth and living at the bottom of flowing waters where they feed on small invertebrates
Useful english dictionary. 2012.