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Sheepshead logo #10101) Anglo-American card game 2) Archosargus probatocephalus 3) Fish 4) Sparid 5) Sparid fish
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Sheepshead

Sheepshead logo #21000[game] 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 that originated in Central Europe in the late 18th century under the German name Schafkopf. Although Schafkopf literally means `sheepshead`, it has nothing to do with sheep. The term probably was deri...
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Sheepshead

Sheepshead logo #21002• (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.
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sheepshead

sheepshead logo #21003(Archosargus probatocephalus), popular edible sport fish in the family Sparidae (order Perciformes), common in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters of ... [1 related articles]
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sheepshead

sheepshead logo #20973<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 water drumfish, the parrot fish, the porgy, and th...
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Sheepshead

Sheepshead logo #20972Sheeps'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 the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelv...
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sheepshead

sheepshead logo #20400[n] - large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
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Sheepshead

Sheepshead logo #20110A 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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sheepshead logo #20974Archosargus probatocephalus noun large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
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