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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sheeps·head /ˈʃipsˌhɛd/
 (a.)羊頭;魚的一種;蠢貨

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sheeps·head 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sheepshead
      n : large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the
          United States and Mexico [syn: Archosargus
           probatocephalus]