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angler

Noun

∙ A person who fishes with a hook and line.
∙ An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
∙ Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
∙ A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc. archaic, slang

BABYLON ENGLISH
angler n.
one who fishes with hook and line; large predatory fish

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
angler
angler
\an"gler\ (&?;), n.
1. one who angles.
2. (zo?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.
angler
n
1. a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
2. a fisherman who uses a hook and line [syn: troller]

3. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, anglerfish, angler fish , monkfish, lotte, allmouth, lophius americanus ]

similar words(1)

angler fish

WORDNET 2.0
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

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Angler
Angler may refer to:
A fisherman who uses the fishing technique of anglingAngler (video game)The angler, Lophius piscatorius, a monkfishMore generally, any anglerfish in the order LophiiformesAngler (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain, a book written by Barton Gellman in 2008 about Vice President Dick Cheney, whose Secret Service codename was "Angler".The Huawei Nexus 6P, codename angler
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

angler

Noun

∙ A person who fishes with a hook and line.
∙ An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
∙ Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
∙ A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc. archaic, slang

BABYLON ENGLISH
angler n.
one who fishes with hook and line; large predatory fish

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
angler
angler
\an"gler\ (&?;), n.
1. one who angles.
2. (zo?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.
angler
n
1. a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
2. a fisherman who uses a hook and line [syn: troller]

3. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, anglerfish, angler fish , monkfish, lotte, allmouth, lophius americanus ]

similar words(1)

angler fish

WORDNET 2.0
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

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Angler
Angler may refer to:
A fisherman who uses the fishing technique of anglingAngler (video game)The angler, Lophius piscatorius, a monkfishMore generally, any anglerfish in the order LophiiformesAngler (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain, a book written by Barton Gellman in 2008 about Vice President Dick Cheney, whose Secret Service codename was "Angler".The Huawei Nexus 6P, codename angler
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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