Angler (n.) One who angles. |
Angler (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. |
Dare-devil (n.) A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively |
Devil (n.) The Evil One |
Devil (n.) An evil spirit |
Devil (n.) A very wicked person |
Devil (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. |
Devil (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered |
Devil (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. |
Devil (v. t.) To make like a devil |
Devil (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper |
Devil-diver (n.) Alt. of Devil bird |
Devil bird (n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick. |
Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t. |
Fishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fish |
Fishing (n.) The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. |
Fishing (n.) A fishery. |
Fishing (n.) Pertaining to fishing |
Frog (n.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime. |
Frog (n.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals |
Frog (n.) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it. |
Frog (n.) An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole. |
Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword. |
Frog (v. t.) To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4. |
Genus (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species |
Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus |
Monkfish (n.) The angel fish (Squatina). |
Monkfish (n.) The angler (Lophius). |
Sea devil () Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox. |
Sea devil () Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish. |
Sea devil () The angler. |
Spillet fishing () Alt. of Spilliard fishing |
Spilliard fishing () A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line |
Water devil () The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle. |
Zoological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoology, or the science of animals. |
fishing sportfishing | the act of someone who fishes as a diversion |
fishing | the occupation of catching fish for a living |
fly-fishing | angling with an artificial fly as a lure |
surf casting surf fishing | casting (artificial) bait far out into the ocean (up to yards) with the waves breaking around you |
apache devil dance | a ritual dance of the Apache |
frog kick | a swimming kick, knees are drawn upward and outward so the legs can be brought together when fully extended |
the devil | something difficult or awkward to do or deal with, it will be the devil to solve |
diabolatry demonolatry devil-worship | the acts or rites of worshiping devils |
form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
Heliobacter genus Heliobacter | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella, found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) |
bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
Aerobacter genus Aerobacter | aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature |
Rhizobium genus Rhizobium | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae, usually occur in the root nodules of legumes, can fix atmospheric oxygen |
Agrobacterium genus Agrobacterium | small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems |
genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae, includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
genus Clostridium | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes, nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung |
genus Nostoc | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
genus Trichodesmium | a genus of blue-green algae |
Pseudomonas genus Pseudomonas | type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae |
Xanthomonas genus Xanthomonas | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water |
Nitrobacter genus Nitrobacter | rod-shaped soil bacteria |
Nitrosomonas genus Nitrosomonas | ellipsoidal soil bacteria |
genus Thiobacillus | a genus of bacteria |
genus Spirillum | a genus of bacteria |
genus Vibrio | a genus of bacteria |
Bacteroides genus Bacteroides | type genus of Bacteroidaceae, genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals |
Calymmatobacterium genus Calymmatobacterium | a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale |
Francisella genus Francisella | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) |
genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature, the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals |
genus Listeria | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods |
genus Escherichia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Klebsiella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Salmonella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Serratia Serratia | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod |
genus Shigella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Erwinia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Rickettsia | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans |
genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: diseaseausing parasites |
genus Mycoplasma | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae |
genus Actinomyces | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae |
genus Streptomyces | type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae |
genus Mycobacterium | nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria |
Polyangium genus Polyangium | type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane |
Micrococcus genus Micrococcus | type genus of the family Micrococcaceae |
genus Staphylococcus | includes many pathogenic species |
genus Lactobacillus | type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae |
genus Diplococcus | a genus of bacteria |
genus Streptococcus | a genus of bacteria |
Spirochaeta genus Spirochaeta | the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae, a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic |
genus Treponema | type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body, parasitic in warm-blooded animals |