Found 2 items, similar to sheepshead.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sheepshead sheepshead n : large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico [syn: Archosargus probatocephalus ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sheepshead 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. [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]