SHEEPSHEAD

sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus

(noun) large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sheepshead (countable and uncountable, plural sheepsheads or sheepshead)

(countable) A fish of the species Archosargus probatocephalus.

(uncountable) A trick-taking card game.

Source: Wiktionary

Sheeps"head` (, n. Etym: [So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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