Angler

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  • noun. One who fishes with a hook.
  • noun. A scheming person.
  • noun. An anglerfish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A general name of the pediculate fishes, from the presence of a modified free dorsal spine, or ‘fishing-rod,’ above the mouth.
  • noun. One who angles; a fisher with rod and line.
  • noun. The fish Lophius piscatorius, the typical representative of the family Lophiidæ (which see).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who angles.
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who fishes with a hook and line.
  • noun. An angler fish.
  • noun. Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
  • noun. Pilferers or petty thieves, who, with a stick having a hook at the end, steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
  • noun. a fisherman who uses a hook and line
  • noun. a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
    • Word Usage
    "Another thing that can be given to this angler is the suggestion of using a Quick Fire type reel like a Spirex."
    cross-reference
    marbled angler  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acanthopterygian  fisher  fisherman  plotter  schemer  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dangler  spangler  strangler  wangler  wrangler  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antiquary  bicyclist  birdwatcher  boxer  draughtsman  
    variant
    allmouth  fishing frog  frogfish  goosefish  monkfish  
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