sheepshead

(s̸hēpshed′)

noun

  1. pl. sheepshead or sheepsheads
    1. a large, edible, marine porgy fish (Archosargus probatocephalus) with a massive head, a striped body, and sheeplike incisor and molar teeth: found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
    2. the freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) common in the Great Lakes and Mississippi watershed
    3. a red wrasse (Semicossyphus pulcher) of the California coast
  2. Archaic a stupid person

See sheepshead in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A food fish (Archosargus probatocephalus) of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, having dark vertical markings.
  2. A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) commonly found from the Great Lakes to Texas.
  3. A redfish (Semicossyphus pulcher) of the Gulf of California, caught commercially or as a game fish.
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