1. Someone who has red hair
   "The redhead stood out in the crowd with her vibrant locks";
   - redheader, red-header, carrottop [informal], ginger [informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal]
    
2. Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
   "The redhead stored acorns in tree bark";
   - redheaded woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    
3. North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
   "Redheads dove for aquatic plants in the deep water";
   - Aythya americana

Derived forms: redheads

Type of: duck, individual, mortal, pecker, peckerwood [US], person, somebody, someone, soul, woodpecker

Part of: Aythya, genus Aythya, genus Melanerpes, Melanerpes

Encyclopedia: Redhead, Michael