redhead

name

1. A surname.
2. A coastal suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

noun

Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.

1. A person with red hair.

   “I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.”

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).
9. A kind of 800-watt lamp.

   “Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.”