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sheepshead |
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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