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Meaning of ANGLER

Pronunciation:  'angglur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
  2. [n]  a fisherman who uses a hook and line
  3. [n]  a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
 

ANGLER is a 6 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish, troller
 
 See Also: acanthopterygian, family Lophiidae, fisher, fisherman, Lophiidae, plotter, schemer, spiny-finned fish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An"gler\, n.
1. One who angles.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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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