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Noun: sheepshead  'sheeps,hed
  1. Large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
    "Sheepshead are known for their distinctive teeth and black and white stripes";
    - Archosargus probatocephalus

Derived forms: sheepsheads

Type of: sparid, sparid fish

Part of: Archosargus, genus Archosargus

Encyclopedia: Sheepshead