sheepshead

US: (shēps′hed′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sheeps•head  (shēps′hed′), n., pl. (esp. collectively) -head,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -heads for 1–3.

1. Fish a deep-bodied, black-banded food fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, living along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
2. Fish a freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of eastern North America.
3. Fish sheephead.
4. Games Also called schafskopf. [Cards.] an earlier and simpler form of skat.
5. [Obs.] a foolish or stupid person.

• sheep + 's¹ + head 1535–45