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Redhead   Listen
noun
Redhead  n.  
1.
A person having red hair.
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.
(b)
The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
3.
(Bot.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.





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"Redhead" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Ah! It's you, Redhead!... And not a bit too soon either! I've been waiting for you this last half-hour! Ernestine will be there in ten minutes' time! However is ...
— Messengers of Evil - Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantomas • Pierre Souvestre
... bombardment was over the redhead again poked into view, and the fugitive made a movement with his hand to indicate his poor ...
— The House Boat Boys • St. George Rathborne


Words linked to "Redhead" :   somebody, redheaded woodpecker, Melanerpes, Aythya, person, carrottop, mortal, soul, genus Aythya, Aythya americana, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-header, redheader, genus Melanerpes


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