[ang-gler] 
| 1. | a person who fishes with a hook and line. |
| 2. | a person who gets or tries to get something through scheming. |
| 3. | Also called allmouth, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish. any large pediculate fish of the family Lophiidae, esp. Lophius americanus, found along the Atlantic coast of America, having an immense mouth and a large, depressed head to which is attached a wormlike filament for luring prey. |
| 4. | Also called anglerfish. any of various related fishes of the order Lophiiformes. |
| an·gler (āng'glər) n.
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