redhead

Meaning

Noun

• A person with red hair.
• A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
• A kind of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L. (species)), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
• Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans (subspecies))
• red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps (species))
• red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus (species))
• red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
• red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus (species))

Origin

• Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.