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REDHEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
Synonyms:
Melanerpes erythrocephalus; redhead; redheaded woodpecker
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("redhead" is a kind of...):
pecker; peckerwood; woodpecker (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)
Holonyms ("redhead" is a member of...):
genus Melanerpes; Melanerpes (a genus of Picidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
Synonyms:
Aythya americana; redhead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("redhead" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Holonyms ("redhead" is a member of...):
Aythya; genus Aythya (canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who has red hair
Synonyms:
carrottop; red-header; redhead; redheader
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("redhead" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
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