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angler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun angler has 3 senses
- angler(n = noun.person) Array - a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage; Array is a kind of plotter, schemer
- angler(n = noun.person) troller - a fisherman who uses a hook and line; Array is a kind of fisher, fisherman
- angler(n = noun.animal) allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lophius americanus, lotte, monkfish - fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey; Array is a member of family lophiidae, lophiidae
Derived form verb angle1
Derived form verb angle4
is a kind of acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
has parts: monkfish
Derived form verb angle4
CIDE DICTIONARY
angler, n.
- One who angles. [1913 Webster]
- A fish (
Lophius piscatorius ), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called alsofishing frog ,frogfish ,toadfish ,goosefish ,allmouth ,monkfish , etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
angler, n.
1 a person who fishes with a hook and line.
2 = angler-fish.
1 a person who fishes with a hook and line.
2 = angler-fish.
Idiom
angler-fish any of various fishes that prey upon small fish, attracting them by filaments arising from the dorsal fin: also called frog-fish (see FROG(1)).
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