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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, 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.

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- Look up sheepshead in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sheepshead, Sheephead, or Sheep's Head, may refer to: Archosargus probatocephalus, a medium-sized...
- Archosargus probatocephalus, the sheepshead, sheepshead seabream or convict fish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae...
- Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bounded by Ocean Parkway to the west; Avenue T and Kings Highway to the north;...
- Sheepshead is an American trick-taking card game derived from Bavaria's national card game, Schafkopf (lit. 'sheep's head'), hence it is sometimes called...
- The Asian sheepshead wr****e (Semicossyphus reticulatus) is one of the largest species of wr****e. Native to the western Pacific Ocean, it inhabits rocky...
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- The sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), also known as sheepshead pupfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinodontidae, the pupfishes...
- The sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna), also known as the littlemouth porgy or speckled porgy, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family...
- Sheepshead Bay High School is a defunct public high school in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Closed in 2016, the building currently operates as Frank...
- US states will head to the end of a pier to fish for sheepshead.[citation needed] As sheepshead are crustacean and bivalve feeders, favorite baits include...