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sheephead
[ sheep-hed ]
noun
, plural (especially collectively) sheep·head, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) sheep·heads.
- a large California food fish, Semicossyphus pulcher, of the wrasse family.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sheephead1
First recorded in 1535–45; so called from the resemblance of its teeth to those of a sheep
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Example Sentences
The skinny señorita fish, the sex-changing sheephead, the blue-gray blacksmith, schools of rockfish and a horn shark — they’re all going about their business in a 7,500-gallon aquarium at Union Station’s east portal entrance, their audience largely reduced to marine biologist Dan Gilboa, who comes every week to check on his underwater community.
From Los Angeles Times
Sheephead are also running at the jetties.
From Washington Times
Sheephead also are running at the jetties.
From Washington Times
Sheephead also are running at the jetties.
From Washington Times
The Department of Environmental Conservation says freshwater drum, also called sheephead, are growing much bigger than they ever have in New York waters.
From Washington Times
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