Category:Sheepshead

Sheeps"head` (, n. Etym: [so called because of the fancied Resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

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.