redhead

A noun referring to a person with naturally red hair, or to certain animals with a reddish head, such as a diving duck or a woodpecker.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une personne aux cheveux roux naturels, ou certains animaux à tête rougeâtre, comme le canard ou le pic.

1. Person with red hair A2 informal

   A person, typically a woman, who has naturally red or auburn hair.

   • She is a natural redhead with freckles.
   • The redhead in the corner is my cousin.
   • Many redheads have fair skin that burns easily in the sun.

   🇫🇷Personne rousse

   Synonymes: carrottopginger

2. North American diving duck C1 formal american scientific

   A species of duck (Aythya americana) with a grey-and-black body and a reddish-brown head, found in North America.

   • The redhead duck is commonly seen in wetlands during migration.
   • Birdwatchers spotted a flock of redheads on the lake.
   • The male redhead has a distinctive rusty-red head and neck.

   🇫🇷Fuligule à tête rousse

3. North American woodpecker C1 formal american scientific

   A black-and-white woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) with a fully red head and neck, native to North America.

   • The redhead woodpecker is known for its striking red head and white belly.
   • We saw a redhead woodpecker pecking at a dead tree.
   • This species of woodpecker is often found in open woodlands.

   🇫🇷Pic à tête rouge

   Synonymes: redheaded woodpecker

• redheads plural form
• redheads' possessive plural form
• redhead's possessive singular form