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sheepsheads

Variant of sheepshead

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

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