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. 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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.