Difference between revisions of "Angler"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_86190" /> == | |||
<p> (1): (n.) 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. </p> <p> (2): (n.) One who angles. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67896" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67896" /> == | ||
<p> A fish with a broad, big-mouthed head and a tapering body, both covered with appendages having glittering tips, by which, as it burrows in the sand, it allures other fishes into its maw. </p> | <p> A fish with a broad, big-mouthed head and a tapering body, both covered with appendages having glittering tips, by which, as it burrows in the sand, it allures other fishes into its maw. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_86190"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/angler Angler from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_67896"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/angler Angler from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_67896"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/angler Angler from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:45, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) 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.
(2): (n.) One who angles.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A fish with a broad, big-mouthed head and a tapering body, both covered with appendages having glittering tips, by which, as it burrows in the sand, it allures other fishes into its maw.
