Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish of the family Cobitidæ; a loach.

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  • noun zoology Any member of the Cobitidae.

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  • Ichthyologists Maurice Kottelat and Heok Hui Tan have described a new cobitid loach from southern Borneo in a recent issue of the journal Zootaxa.

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