- a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- a person who gets or tries to get something through scheming.
- 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.
- any of various related fishes of the order Lophiiformes.
- a person who fishes with a rod and line
- a person who schemes or uses devious methods to secure an advantage
- 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
