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SHEEPSHEAD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
Synonyms:
Archosargus probatocephalus; sheepshead
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sheepshead" is a kind of...):
sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)
Holonyms ("sheepshead" is a member of...):
Archosargus; genus Archosargus (a genus of Sparidae)