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angler [ˈæŋglə] n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) a person who fishes with a rod and line 2. Informal a person who schemes or uses devious methods to secure an advantage 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called angler fish any spiny-finned fish of the order Pediculati (or Lophiiformes). They live at the bottom of the sea and typically have a long spiny movable dorsal fin with which they lure their prey ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
angler Translations angler [ˈæŋglər] n → pêcheur/euse m/f (à la ligne) angler n → Angler(in) m(f) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous - almost of pedantic - veracity, that the experienced angler is seen. A solitary angler stood casting his fly at a turn in the stream where the backwater lay still and deep under an overhanging bank. Let me confess, then, that I assumed the character of a fastidious angler, and managed to be a week in discovering the right place to fish in--always, it is unnecessary to say, under Alicia's guidance. |
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