sheephead
[
sheep
-hed]
/ˈʃipˌhɛd/
noun
,
plural
(
especially collectively
)
sheephead
(
especially referring to two or more kinds or species
)
sheepheads.
1.
a large California food fish,
Semicossyphus pulcher,
of the wrasse family.
Also called
fathead
,
redfish
.
Origin
1535-45;
so called from the resemblance of its teeth to those of a sheep