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Definition: Diplodus probatocephalus
Sheepshead
\Sheeps"head`\, n. [So called because of the fancied
resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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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