Difference between revisions of "Angler"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_86190" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_86190" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of | <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" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:48, 15 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.
