Redhead

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redhead \Red"head`\ (-h?d`), n.
     1. A person having red hair.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)
        (a) An American duck ({Aythya Americana}) highly esteemed


            as a game bird. It is closely allied to the
            canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red.
            Called also {red-headed duck}. {American poachard},
            {grayback}, and {fall duck}. See Illust. under
            {Poachard}.
        (b) The red-headed woodpecker. See {Woodpecker}.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) A kind of milkweed ({Asclepias Curassavica}) with
        red flowers. It is used in medicine.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redhead
       n 1: someone who has red hair [syn: {redheader}, {red-header}, {carrottop}]
       2: North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and
          reddish-brown head [syn: {Aythya americana}]
       3: black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head
          and neck [syn: {redheaded woodpecker}, {Melanerpes
          erythrocephalus}]