SHEEPSHEAD


Meaning of SHEEPSHEAD in English

noun

or sheephead ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷

1. archaic : a silly or stupid person

2.

a. : a sparid food fish ( Archosargus probatocephalus ) of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States with broad incisor teeth suggesting those of a sheep and a compressed black-banded body

b. : freshwater drum

c. : a common California wrasse ( Pimelometopon pulcher ) that in the males is black more or less marked with crimson and in the females and young uniformly rose-colored

3.

[translation of German schafskopf, schafkopf ]

: a simple form of skat — called also schafskopf

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