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[syn: sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sheepshead \Sheeps"head`\, n. [So called because of the fancied
resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.]
(Zool.)
A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus
probatocephalus syn. Diplodus probatocephalus) found on
the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from
ten to twelve pounds.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Archosargus probatocephalus
n 1: large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the
United States and Mexico [syn: sheepshead, Archosargus
probatocephalus]