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redhead

noun
/ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as redhead — “red + head”

Definitions

  1. A person with red hair.

    • I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.

  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. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)

    2. Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).

    3. Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).

    4. Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).

    5. Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).

    6. A kind of 800-watt lamp.

    7. A surname.

    8. A coastal suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

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Derived

redheaded, redhead grass

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