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Definition of Sheepsheads
1. sheepshead [n] - See also: sheepshead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheepsheads
Literary usage of Sheepsheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... caudal yellow, faintly barred; anal bluish, with a median yellowish band.
GENUS ARCHOSARGUS GILL The sheepsheads This genus, like Lagodon, ..."
2. Carolina Sports by William Elliot (1918)
"you thought you caught me napping but it is a sheepshead story, after all—though
you could not guess how I was to get at it)—two sheepsheads, fresh and ..."
3. Carolina Sports by Land and Water: Including Devil-fishing, Wild-cat, Deer by William Elliott (1867)
"you thought you caught me napping T>ut it is a sheepshead story, after all—though
you could not guess how I was to get at it)—two sheepsheads, fresh and ..."
4. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"... known under the familiar names of Weak-fishes, sheepsheads of our Northern
and Western lakes, ..."
5. Where, When, and how to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida by William H. Gregg, John Gardner (1902)
"On many days during the height of the winter season over 1000 pounds of sheepsheads
are caught per day. Of course, many other kinds are caught from the ..."
6. Elements of Zoölogy: A Text-book by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"... known under the familiar names of Weak-fishes, sheepsheads of our Northern
and Western lakes, ..."
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