redhead — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person with red hair.

   Synonyms

   gingercoppertopbloodnutBluey

   Examples

   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. 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).

   Usage

   • Informal

9. A kind of 800-watt lamp.

   Examples

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   Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.

Noun

1. someone who has red hair

   Synonyms

   redheaderred-headercarrottop

   Broader terms

   personindividualsomeonesomebodymortalsoul

2. North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head

   Synonyms

   Aythya americana

   Broader terms

   duck

3. black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck

   Synonyms

   redheaded woodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus

   Broader terms

   woodpeckerpeckerwoodpecker