sheepshead: Meaning and Definition of

sheeps•head

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