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