2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheepshead  \Sheeps"head`\,  n.  [So  called  because  of  the  fancied 
  resemblance  of  its  head  and  front  teeth  to  those  of  a  sheep.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  large  and  valuable  sparoid  food  fish  ({Archosargus,  or 
  Diplodus  probatocephalus})  found  on  the  Atlantic  coast  of 
  the  United  States.  It  often  weighs  from  ten  to  twelve  pounds. 
 
  Note:  The  name  is  also  locally,  in  a  loose  way  applied  to 
  various  other  fishes,  as  the  butterfish,  the 
  fresh-water  drumfish,  the  parrot  fish,  the  porgy,  and 
  the  moonfish. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sheepshead 
  n  :  large  (up  to  20  lbs)  food  fish  of  the  eastern  coast  of  the 
  United  States  and  Mexico  [syn:  {Archosargus 
  probatocephalus}] 

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