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redhead |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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