sheepshead

2 definitions found

sheepshead - 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

sheepshead - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sheepshead
      n 1: large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the
           United States and Mexico [syn: sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus
           ]