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archosargus
(wn) | Archosargus
n 1: a genus of Sparidae [syn: Archosargus, {genus
Archosargus}] |
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Archosargus probatocephalus
(gcide) | Sheepshead \Sheeps"head`\, n. [So called because of the fancied
resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.]
(Zool.)
A large and valuable sparoid food fish ({Archosargus
probatocephalus} syn. Diplodus probatocephalus) found on
the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from
ten to twelve pounds.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
archosargus probatocephalus
(wn) | Archosargus probatocephalus
n 1: large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the
United States and Mexico [syn: sheepshead, {Archosargus
probatocephalus}] |
archosargus rhomboidalis
(wn) | Archosargus rhomboidalis
n 1: sea bream of warm Atlantic waters [syn: {Atlantic sea
bream}, Archosargus rhomboidalis] |
genus archosargus
(wn) | genus Archosargus
n 1: a genus of Sparidae [syn: Archosargus, {genus
Archosargus}] |
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