sheepshead

Other forms: sheepsheads

Definitions of sheepshead
  1. noun
    large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
    synonyms: Archosargus probatocephalus
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    type of:
    sparid, sparid fish
    spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
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