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sheepshead (encz) | sheepshead, n: |
Sheepshead (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.
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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.
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sheepshead (wn) | sheepshead
n 1: large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the
United States and Mexico [syn: sheepshead, {Archosargus
probatocephalus}] |
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sheepshead porgy (encz) | sheepshead porgy, n: |
Sheepshead (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.
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sheepshead porgy (wn) | sheepshead porgy
n 1: from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil [syn: {sheepshead
porgy}, Calamus penna] |
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