Hypertext Webster Gateway: "redhead"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redhead \Red"head`\ (-h?d`), n.
1. A person having red hair.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(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}.
3. (Bot.) A kind of milkweed ({Asclepias Curassavica}) with
red flowers. It is used in medicine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
redhead
n 1: someone who has red hair [syn: {redheader}, {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}]
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