redhead Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who has red hair
    redheader; carrottop; red-header.
  2. noun North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
    Aythya americana.
  3. noun black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
    redheaded woodpecker; Melanerpes erythrocephalus.

WordNet

Red"head` noun
Definitions
  1. A person having red hair.
  2. (Zoöl.) (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.

Webster 1913