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sheepshead

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sheeps⋅head

  [sheeps-hed]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -head, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -heads for 1–3.
1. a deep-bodied, black-banded food fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, living along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
2. a freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of eastern North America.
3. sheephead.
4. Also called schafskopf. Cards. an earlier and simpler form of skat.
5. Obsolete. a foolish or stupid person.
Origin:
1535–45; sheep + 's 1 + head
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sheeps·head   (shēps'hěd')   
n.  

  1. A food fish (Archosargus probatocephalus) of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, having dark vertical markings.

  2. A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) commonly found from the Great Lakes to Texas.

  3. A redfish (Semicossyphus pulcher) of the Gulf of California, caught commercially or as a game fish.

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