angler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
  2. noun a fisherman who uses a hook and line
    troller.
  3. noun fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
    lotte; Lophius Americanus; allmouth; anglerfish; angler fish; monkfish; goosefish.

WordNet

An"gler noun
Definitions
  1. One who angles.
  2. (Zoöl.) 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.

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