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  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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