redhead

Meaning

1. A person with red hair.
2. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
3. A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
4. Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
5. Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
6. Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
7. Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
8. (informal) Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
9. A kind of 800-watt lamp.

Synonyms

ginger

redheaded woodpecker

carrottop

redheader

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Aythya americana

red-header

red-head

rufous

scaup duck

red hair

pricklyhead goby

redhead coral goby

redhead goby

pelirrojo

bluebill

redhead duck

broadbill

canvasback

pochard

red

redheaded

roux

russet

scaup

Translations

pelirrojo

roux

Rotkopf

Rothaarige

testarossa

Rotkopfente

rufus

ruivo

fuligule à tête rouge

rosso

Aythya americana

rouquin

rousse

Rotschopf

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.