redhead

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/

Noun

redhead (plural redheads)

1. A person with red hair.
2. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
3. A kind of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
4. Chinese red-headed centipede
5. red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
6. red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus)
7. red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
8. red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Synonyms

• (redheaded person) bloodnut, Bluey, carrot top, ginger, ranga, carrots

Translations

• French: roux, rousse
• German: Rotkopf, Rotschopf, Rothaarige
• Italian: testarossa, pel di carota
• Portuguese: ruivo, ruiva
• Russian: ры́жий
• Spanish: pelirrojo, pelirroja, colorín, colorina

Translations

• French: fuligule à tête rouge
• German: Rotkopfente

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