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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Gĭlt'-hĕad, n.

noun

n.

  1. (Ichth.) A kind of fish;— the name is applied to two species: the Chrysophrys aurata, found in the Mediterranean, — so named from a golden-colored space over the eyebrows,—and the Crenilabrus tinca of the British coasts.
  2. A kind of bird. Hakewill.
A fish with prominent scales and spiny dorsal and ventral fins.
Gilt-head (Crenilabrus tinca).