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red-headed, a.
1. = red-haired. Also fig.
1565Cooper Thesaurus, Ruber crine, a redde headed felowe. 1580Harvey Wks. (Grosart) I. 69 No such Orators againe, as red-headded Angelles. 1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry iv. i, He has made me smell for all the world like a flax, or a red-headed woman's chamber. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict. s.v. Red, Red haired, or red headed, rufus, rufis capillis. 1865Kingsley Herew. iii, Here is a pretty coil about a red-headed brute of a Pict! 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 123/2 His motto is: ‘A red-headed man never squeals’.
2. Having a red head.
a. In names of birds, as red-headed macao, red-headed parrot, red-headed starling, etc.
red-headed duck, the red-crested duck, Nyroca or Fuligula rufina; also = r. widgeon. r. lark, a South African bird of the family Alaudidæ (see quot.); † r. linnet, the common linnet, and lesser redpoll. r. pochard = r. widgeon. r. smew, the female of the smew, Mergus albellus. r. widgeon, the pochard, Fuligula ferina. r. woodpecker, an American woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus.
1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 364 The great *red-headed Duck. 1814Wilson Amer. Ornith. VIII. 110 Red-headed duck. Anas ferina. 1838Audubon Ornith. Biog. IV. 198 The Red-headed Duck reaches the Middle and Southern States by passing overland or following our great streams.
1867Layard Birds S. Afr. 212 Megalophonus cinereus... The *red-headed lark is common throughout the colony.
1674Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 88 The greater *red-headed Linnet... The lesser red-headed Linnet.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 360 The *red-headed Macao.
Ibid. 370 The *red-headed Parrot. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) II. 77 The Guinea or little Red-headed Parrot.
1824Shaw Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 193 *Red-headed Pochard. (Fuligula ferina.)
1768Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 439 *Redheaded smew. The head is slightly crested, and of a rust color.
1729in Dampier's Voy. (ed. 3) III. 408 The *Red-headed Starling.
1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 367 The Poker, or Pochard, or great *red-headed Wigeon. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 321 Red-Headed Widgeon. Head and neck bright red.
1754Catesby Carolina, etc. I. 20 The *Red-headed Wood-pecker. The whole head and neck are of a deep red. 1831Audubon Ornith. Biog. I. 144 The Red-headed Woodpecker is found in all parts of the United States. 1850Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. II. 269 The loud tapping of the large red-headed woodpecker, so common a sound in the American forests.
b. In names of animals and plants.
1744W. Ellis Let. 11 Aug. in Mod. Husbandman (1750) VI. xxi. 161 The red-headed Thistle is growing on the Hills. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VIII. 172 The small red-headed earth worm. 1777Lightfoot Flora Scot. II. 717 Red-headed Bryum. 1802Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i. 236 Red-headed Lizard. 1845Westwood Moths 207 Microsetia ruficapitella (the red-headed pigmy). 1901E. Mounts Islands in Ocean of Memory 58 You may throw the bait out within three feet of the boat and a red⁓headed hag or gony will make a dive at it. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wildlife S. Afr. xxx. 249 The red-headed squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus), is distinguished by the rufous colour of the head and underparts. |