Angler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Angler	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Angler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
angler n a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage a fisherman who uses a hook and line Synonym(s): angler, troller fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey Synonym(s): goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Angler \An"gler\, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo[94]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.