redhead
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
The English word “redhead” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person with red hair.
- A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
- A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
- Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
- Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
- Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
- Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
- A kind of 800-watt lamp.
Etymology
Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.
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