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sheepshead

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sheeps=head

CIDE DICTIONARY

sheepsheadn. [So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.].
     A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus probatocephalus syn. Diplodus probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.  [1913 Webster]
    " 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."  [1913 Webster]

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