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sheepshead

sheepshead noun: a fish of the species Archosargus probatocephalus.

sheepshead: a fish of the species Archosargus probatocephalus
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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.

sheepshead meaning in Tamil

sheepshead in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of sheepshead

pluralsheepsheads
pluralsheepshead
alternative formsheep's head

Origin of sheepshead

From sheep + -s- + head.

Words formed from sheepshead

Questions about sheepshead

What does sheepshead mean?
Sheepshead means a fish of the species Archosargus probatocephalus.
What is sheepshead in Tamil?
Sheepshead in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sheepshead meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sheepshead?
Sheepshead is a noun.
What is the plural of sheepshead?
The plural of sheepshead is sheepsheads.

Words near sheepshead in the dictionary

  1. sheepshaggers
  2. sheepshank
  3. sheepshanked
  4. sheepshanking
  5. sheepshanks
  6. sheepshead
  7. sheepsheads
  8. sheepshearer
  9. sheepshearers
  10. sheepshearing
  11. sheepshearings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheepshead (page history and authors); sheepshead (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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