redhead

A person with red hair.

A North American duck (Aythya americana), the male of which has a gray back and wings, a red head, and a black breast.

A person having red hair.

A red-headed duck, the pochard, Fuligula or Æthyia ferina, a common bird of Europe, a variety of which bears the same name in America and is called more fully red-headed duck, red-headed raftduck, red-headed broadbill, also grayback, Washington canvasback, and American pochard.

The red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus. See cut under Melanerpes.

A tropical milkweed, Asclepias Curassavica, with umbels of bright-red flowers.

A person having red hair.

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.

The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.