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sheepshead

sheeps·head

uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico

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Origin

From sheep + -s- + head.

Phrases

  • Galápagos sheepshead wrasse
  • goldspot sheepshead

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