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redhead.

A person with red hair.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
  1. A person with red hair.

  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).

    informal
  9. A kind of 800-watt lamp.

Where this word comes from

Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.

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