sheepshead

IPA: ʃˈipshɛd

noun

  • (countable) A fish of the species Archosargus probatocephalus.
  • (uncountable) A trick-taking card game.
  • (countable, obsolete) A foolish person.
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Examples of "sheepshead" in Sentences

  • We dined today on the fish called the sheepshead, with crabs.
  • Sometimes sheepshead will save the day if you're fishing smallmouth in a river.
  • Most of the time you catch a lot of both, but somedays only the sheepshead are biting much and they fight like hell.
  • One kind whereof is by the English called a sheepshead from the resemblance the eye of it bears with the eye of a sheep.
  • Authorities in northwest Ohio say the fish - a Lake Erie freshwater drum, known as a sheepshead - smashed a car windshield
  • Mr. Flynn, of GW Fins, pondered whether customers would enjoy sheepshead if they got a gander at its "Jimmy Carter-like teeth."
  • Say you're fishing in 40 feet of water in the Gulf, targeting non-reef species such as sheepshead, Spanish mackerel, kingfish and permit.
  • Authorities in northwest Ohio say the fish _ a Lake Erie freshwater drum, known as a sheepshead _ smashed a car windshield Tuesday when an eagle dropped its catch from a height of about 40 feet.
  • At AltaMare, a new Miami Beach, Fla., hotspot known for its creative fish selections, the kitchen serves the local hero Florida grouper but recently added to its regular menu sheepshead, as "an amusement, and how much I like it," said its chef Simon Stojanovic, via e-mail.

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