loche
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of loche
1665–75; < Canadian French, French: loach
Example Sentences
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Most of these rivers are well stocked with fish, of which the tétart, banane, loche, and dormeur are the principal varieties.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
In addition to the two fishes above named, a loche Cobitis thermalis, and a carp, Nuria thermoicos, were found in the hot-springs of Kannea, at a heat 40° Cent.,
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
Who hungers for whitefish-stomachs or liver of the loche?
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
We are to make the acquaintance of other Northern delicacies,—beaver-tails, moose-nose, rabbits' kidneys, caribou-tongues, and the liver of the loche, an ugly-looking fish of these waters.
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
Storm-stayed at Wrigley Harbour at the entrance to Great Slave Lake, we have some splendid fishing,—jackfish, whitefish, loche, inconnu, "and here and there a lusty trout and here and there a grayling."
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
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