Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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, or
Diplodus, probatocephalus}) found on the Atlantic coast of
the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.
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.
Source : WordNet®
sheepshead
n : large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the
United States and Mexico [syn: {Archosargus
probatocephalus}]