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Roach vs Loach - What's the difference?

roach | loach |

As nouns the difference between roach and loach

is that roach is a small freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae), species: Rutilus rutilus while loach is a bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily Cobitoidea.

As a proper noun Roach

is {{surname|lang=en}.

roach

English

(wikipedia roach)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) roche, of unknown origin.

Noun

(es)
  • A small freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae ), .
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • (US) A cockroach.
  • (US, slang, smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
  • (UK, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
  • (nautical) An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
  • A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.
  • Anagrams

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    loach

    English

    (Cobitidae)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily Cobitoidea.
  • # The .
  • # A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: .
  • Derived terms

    * * hillstream loach * * * * * weather loach