<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who fishes with a hook and line</li><li>a person who gets or tries to get something through scheming</li><li>any large pediculate fish of the family Lophiidae, especially 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</li><li>any of various related fishes of the order Lophiiformes</li></ul>