Sheepshead

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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