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sheephead

sheephead is the alternative form of sheepshead.

Meaning of sheepshead

Noun

sheepshead (countable and uncountable, plural sheepsheads or sheepshead)

  1. (countable) A fish of the species Archosargus probatocephalus.
  2. (uncountable) A trick-taking card game.
  3. (countable, obsolete) A foolish person.

Words formed from sheephead

Questions about sheephead

What is sheephead the alternative form of?
Sheephead is the alternative form of sheepshead.

Words near sheephead in the dictionary

  1. sheepfold
  2. sheepfolds
  3. sheepfucker
  4. sheepfuckers
  5. sheepgrass
  6. sheephead
  7. sheepherder
  8. sheepherders
  9. sheepherding
  10. sheephood
  11. sheephook

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheephead (page history and authors); sheepshead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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