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Look up: sheepshead

  1. Sheepshead
    A saltwater fish belonging to the wrasse family. Also called 'California Sheephead,' 'Fathead,' and 'Redhead.' Its meat is white, tender, and lean.
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  2. sheepshead
    [n] - large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Sheepshead
    Sheeps'head` noun [ So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.] (Zoology) A large and valuable sparoid food fish ( Archosargus, or Diplodus, probatocephalus ) found on the Atlantic coast of th...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/85

  4. sheepshead
    <zoology> 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. ... The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to various other fishes, as the butterfish, the fresh ...
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  5. sheepshead
    Archosargus probatocephalus noun large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Sheepshead
    • (n.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. sheepshead
    (Archosargus probatocephalus), popular edible sport fish in the family Sparidae (order Perciformes), common in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters of ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/79

  8. Sheepshead
    `Sheepshead` or `Sheephead` is a trick-taking card game related to the Skat family of games. It is the Americanized version of a card game which originated in Central Europe in the late 18th century under the German name Schafkopf. Although Schafkopf literally means "sheepshead", it...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepshead

  9. Sheepshead
    (fish) :See also: California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) and Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens). The `sheepshead`, Archosargus probatocephalus, is a marine fish that grows to 30 in (760&nbsp;mm), but commonly reaches 10 to 20 in. It is deep an...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepshead



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