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Webster 1913 Edition


Angler

An′gler

,
Noun.
1.
One who angles.
2.
(Zool.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Angler

AN'GLER

,
Noun.
One that fishes with an angle; also a fish, a species of lophius.