loche

American  

[lohch] / loʊtʃ /

noun

1. the North American burbot.

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Etymology

Origin of loche

1665–75; < Canadian French, French: loach

Example Sentences

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 Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Who hungers for whitefish-stomachs or liver of the loche?

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

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

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

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