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Sheepshead  n.  (Zool.) 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. 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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"Sheepshead" Quotes from Famous Books



... The grandstand of the Sheepshead Bay race-track, one spring afternoon, was packed solidly with people, and the broad, terra-cotta-coloured track was fenced in with a human wall near the judges' stand. The famous Suburban was to be run, and people flocked from every direction to see one ...
— Stories of Inventors - The Adventures Of Inventors And Engineers • Russell Doubleday


Words linked to "Sheepshead" :   genus Archosargus, Archosargus probatocephalus, sparid fish, sheepshead porgy


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