angler
n.
one who fishes with hook and line; large predatory fish
Angler
angler
Noun
1. a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
(hypernym) schemer, plotter
(derivation) angle
2. a fisherman who uses a hook and line
(synonym) troller
(hypernym) fisherman, fisher
(derivation) angle
3. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
(synonym) goosefish, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus
(hypernym) spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
(member-holonym) Lophiidae, family Lophiidae
(part-meronym) monkfish
(derivation) angle
Angler (der)
n.
angler, one who fishes with hook and line, fisher, fisherman, one who catches fish
Angler
(n.)
One who angles.
(n.)
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 also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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