red-headedadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛdˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdˌ(h)ɛdəd/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and headed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., headed adj.

Etymology: < red adj. + headed adj. With sense 1 compare earlier red-haired adj. With sense 2 (with reference to birds and other animals) compare scientific Latin erythrocephalus, specific name (1758 in picus erythrocephalus red-headed woodpecker, or earlier).

1. = red-haired adj. Also figurative.

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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red > having

redeOE

rousec1400

red-haired?a1513

sandy?1530

red-headed1548

amber-crowneda1586

redhead1664

sandy-pated1687

red-polled1787

sandy-haireda1817

brick-topped1858

Titian-haired1880

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. C. viii^v A fellowe..smal of stature, red hedded, curld rounde about & shedded afore.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Ruber crine, a redde headed felowe.

1580 G. Harvey Wks. (1884) I. 69 No such Orators againe, as red-headded Angelles.

1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. H Hee has made me smell (for all the world) like a flaxe, or a red headed womans chamber.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Red haired, or red headed, rufus, rufis capillis.

1789 Life & Adventures Anthony Leger II. ix. 109 Her daughter was a little red headed girl about seventeen.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 122 Here is a pretty coil about a red-headed brute of a Pict!

1894 Outing 24 123/2 His motto is: ‘A red-headed man never squeals.’

1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 14/2 Any time I catch you playin' around with that redheaded hash-slinger, I'll blast her brains all over town, and yours too!

1976 G. Jones tr. D. J. Williams in A. Richards Penguin Bk. Welsh Short Stories 106 Behind her the red-headed man stretched and groaned in his sleep.

2007 Grazia 9 July 94 They don't come much paler and less suited to the sun than the porcelain-skinned, redheaded Lily.

2. Esp. in the names of birds and other animals: having a red head or a head with red markings; see also Compounds. Also (of a plant): having a red or reddish flower, capsule, etc. (rare).In quot. 1556: a red-topped stone.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > of particular colour

red-headed1556

white-crowned1605

red-capped1648

redhead1738

blue-headed1743

grey-headed1747

black-capped1751

ruby-crowned1758

ruby-headed1811

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > red- or rust-coloured > red-headed

red-headed1774

ruby-headed1811

1556 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 230 Descendand done the hoip to ane red hedit stane.

1674 [see red-headed linnet n. at Compounds].

1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 193 The Red-headed Starling.

1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xxi. 161 The red-headed Thistle is growing on the Hills.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 172 The small red-headed earth worm.

1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 717 [Bryum apocarpum] Red-headed Bryum. Anglis.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 241 Little Red-headed Parrot, or Guinea Sparrow.

1875 Fancier's Gaz. 19 Mar. 938/1 Your bird is called a Red-headed Cardinal.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 66 In Pennsylvania it [sc. the long-eared sun-fish] is called ‘Sun Perch’ and ‘Red Headed Bream’.

1901 E. 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.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxx. 249 The red-headed squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus), is distinguished by the rufous colour of the head and underparts.

1985 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 58 626 Developmental threshold temperatures..were derived for the principal life stages of the black- and red-headed types of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea.

1986 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 144 540 Significant amounts of immmunoreactive cardiac glycoside were found to be present in..the milkweeds: redheaded cotton-bush (Asclepias curassavica); balloon cotton (Asclepias fruticosa); [etc.].

1995 Observer 30 July 7/1 Red-headed parakeets..are now permeating Britain's countryside.

Compounds

red-headed duck n. †(a) any of several European ducks with red or brown heads, esp. a pochard ( Aythya ferina) or a female or immature goldeneye ( Bucephala clangula); also with distinguishing word (obsolete); (b) U.S. the redhead, Aythya americana.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Netta

red-headed duck1678

rosy-billed duck1867

rosy-bill1888

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 364 The great red-headed Duck.

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 561 I believe [the pochard] is the red headed duck of Lawson.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Goldeneye Willughby and Ray seem to have given the young, or female, of this species under the title of Smaller red-headed Duck.

1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 198 The Red-headed Duck reaches the Middle and Southern States by passing overland or following our great streams.

1857 F. Gerhard Illinois as it Is 252 Of divers, there may frequently be met with..the red-headed duck (F[uligula] ferina, L.).

1947 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 30 Apr. 3/1 A pair of red-headed ducks rode at anchor well out from the shore.

1987 Avian Dis. 31 213/1 Hepatic carcinomas have been reported in..a female Red-Headed Duck (Aythya americana, [etc.].

red-headed finch n. †(a) the redpoll, Carduelis flammea (obsolete); (b) a small waxbill of southern Africa, Amadina erythrocephala (family Estrildidae), having barred and speckled brown plumage and (in the male) a red head (also more fully red-headed weaver finch).

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?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VII. 240 (heading) The Red-headed Finch.

1890 Cent. Dict. at Red-headed Red-headed finch or linnet, the redpoll.

1929 C. D. Priest Guide Birds Southern Rhodesia 53 Red-headed weaver finch (A. erythrocephala).

1993 Cage & Aviary Birds 13 Nov. 13/5 Cut-throats belong to the genus Amadina which only consists of two species, the other being the Red-headed Finch.

red-headed honeyeater n. a honeyeater of northern Australia and New Guinea, Myzomela erythrocephala (family Melophagidae), the male of which has a bright red head and rump.

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1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. Pl. 64 The Red-headed honeyeater is so distinctly marked as almost to preclude the possibility of its being confounded with any known species of the genus.

1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. 286 The red-headed honeyeater..comes as far south as Brisbane.

1996 Wildlife Res. 23 443 The red-headed honeyeater showed significant seasonal variation in abundance.

red-headed lark n. rare the red-capped lark of Africa, Calandrella cinerea.

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1834 List Additions Coll. Brit. Mus. 1832 149 Red headed Lark,..Great Honeyguide,..and others from the Cape of Good Hope.

1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 212 Megalophonus cinereus...The red-headed lark is common throughout the colony.

1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 92 10 The charming little red-headed lark, which ranges south from the Taif area apparently to the Yaman.

red-headed linnet n. †(a) a linnet ( Carduelis cannabina) or redpoll ( C. flammea) (obsolete); (b) U.S. any of several finches of the genus Carpodacus with red or rosy heads; esp. the house finch C. mexicana (now rare).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthis flammea (lesser redpoll)

red-headed linnet1674

redpoll1728

stone-redpole1768

lesser redpoll1776

rose linnet1796

redpoll linnet?a1808

redpoll finch1814

mealy redpoll1837

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthus cannabina (linnet) > male

red-headed linnet1674

redpoll1728

greater redpoll1768

rose linnet1796

rose lintie1825

1674 J. Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 88 The greater red-headed Linnet... The lesser red-headed Linnet.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Redpole—Greater Greater red-headed Linnet, or Redpole.

1896 Overland Monthly Aug. 157/1 These same little red-headed linnets afforded me no end of amusement and pleasure.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 7 House Finch... Other names [include] Crimson-fronted Finch; Red-headed Linnet [etc.].

1959 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 20 Sept. 13A/1 The red headed linnet and his drab wife might be of different species, as to plumage color.

red-headed pochard n. †(a) the common pochard, Aytha ferina (obsolete); (b) the redhead, A. americana (rare).

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard)

pochard1552

dunbird1587

smeath1622

red-headed wigeon1668

smee1668

wigeon1668

gold head1704

dun cur1802

redhead1816

red-headed pochard1824

pochard duck1829

smee-duck1862

well plum1862

1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 193 Red-headed Pochard. (Fuligula ferina.)

1874 J. B. Pettigrew Animal Locomotion (caption) The Red-headed Pochard (Fuligula ferina..) in the act of dropping upon the water.

1992 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World I. 616/1 Redhead... Other common names: Red-headed Pochard.

red-headed smew n. a female or immature smew, Mergus albellus, distinguished from the adult male by a chestnut-coloured head.

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1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 148 Red headed Smew..the head is slightly crested, and of a rust color.

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 266 (heading) Red-headed Smew, or Weesel Coot.

1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 89 The ‘white Nun’, as it [sc. the adult drake] is called to distinguish it from the female and immature ‘Red-headed Smews’, has a drooping white crest.

red-headed stepchild n. U.S. colloquial used as the type of a person who or thing which is neglected, unwanted, or mistreated; frequently in similative use.

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1910 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 29 June 4/4 From the day the Republican party came into power the South has been treated like a red-headed stepchild.

1943 Chicago Defender 17 Apr. 15/3 The Farm Security Administration of the Department of Agriculture is the scapegoat and the red-headed step-child of the 78th Congress.

1975 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. iv. 15/6 Income distribution has always been the red-headed stepchild of liberalism, which has concentrated instead on providing services to the poor.

2004 J. Mohr Gasping for Airtime xiv. 250 The man who beat Joe Frazier like a redheaded stepchild.

red-headed wigeon n. now rare the common pochard, Aythya ferina.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard)

pochard1552

dunbird1587

smeath1622

red-headed wigeon1668

smee1668

wigeon1668

gold head1704

dun cur1802

redhead1816

red-headed pochard1824

pochard duck1829

smee-duck1862

well plum1862

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 99 Anas Fusca..the Red-headed Widgeon.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 367 The Poker, or Pochard, or great red-headed Wigeon.

1746 C. Smith Antient & Present State Waterford 340 Anas fere fusca..called in the north, the gold head, and with us the red-headed widgeon.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 321 Red-Headed Widgeon. Head and neck bright red.

1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 The pochard is distinguished by the name of the ‘red-headed wigeon’ or ‘stone wigeon’.

1955 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 39 314 European Widgeon... Red-headed Widgeon.

red-headed woodpecker n. a North American woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, which has a bright red head, neck, and throat, with the rest of the plumage black and white.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > member of genus Melanerpes > species erythrocephalus (red-head)

redhead1709

red-headed woodpecker1729

1729 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. i. Pl. 20 The Red-headed Wood-pecker..is the only one of the Wood-peckers that may be termed domestick.

1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 144 The Red-headed Woodpecker is found in all parts of the United States.

1914 Waterloo (Iowa) Times-Tribune 17 Oct. 10/3 The robin and the red-headed woodpecker eat a few cherries..and a few real ripe apples, but they pay many times over for..the fruit that they take.

1995 Canad. Geographic Mar. 56/2 Park staff cleared away dead trees and underbrush, not realizing they were destroying..nesting spots for the wood thrush and red-headed woodpecker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-headed
释义	red-headedadj. Brit. /ˌrɛdˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌ(h)ɛdəd/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and headed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., headed adj. Etymology: < red adj. + headed adj. With sense 1 compare earlier red-haired adj. With sense 2 (with reference to birds and other animals) compare scientific Latin erythrocephalus, specific name (1758 in picus erythrocephalus red-headed woodpecker, or earlier). 1. = red-haired adj. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red > having redeOE rousec1400 red-haired?a1513 sandy?1530 red-headed1548 amber-crowneda1586 redhead1664 sandy-pated1687 red-polled1787 sandy-haireda1817 brick-topped1858 Titian-haired1880 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. C. viii^v A fellowe..smal of stature, red hedded, curld rounde about & shedded afore. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Ruber crine, a redde headed felowe. 1580 G. Harvey Wks. (1884) I. 69 No such Orators againe, as red-headded Angelles. 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. H Hee has made me smell (for all the world) like a flaxe, or a red headed womans chamber. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Red haired, or red headed, rufus, rufis capillis. 1789 Life & Adventures Anthony Leger II. ix. 109 Her daughter was a little red headed girl about seventeen. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 122 Here is a pretty coil about a red-headed brute of a Pict! 1894 Outing 24 123/2 His motto is: ‘A red-headed man never squeals.’ 1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 14/2 Any time I catch you playin' around with that redheaded hash-slinger, I'll blast her brains all over town, and yours too! 1976 G. Jones tr. D. J. Williams in A. Richards Penguin Bk. Welsh Short Stories 106 Behind her the red-headed man stretched and groaned in his sleep. 2007 Grazia 9 July 94 They don't come much paler and less suited to the sun than the porcelain-skinned, redheaded Lily. 2. Esp. in the names of birds and other animals: having a red head or a head with red markings; see also Compounds. Also (of a plant): having a red or reddish flower, capsule, etc. (rare).In quot. 1556: a red-topped stone. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > of particular colour red-headed1556 white-crowned1605 red-capped1648 redhead1738 blue-headed1743 grey-headed1747 black-capped1751 ruby-crowned1758 ruby-headed1811 the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > red- or rust-coloured > red-headed red-headed1774 ruby-headed1811 1556 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 230 Descendand done the hoip to ane red hedit stane. 1674 [see red-headed linnet n. at Compounds]. 1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 193 The Red-headed Starling. 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xxi. 161 The red-headed Thistle is growing on the Hills. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 172 The small red-headed earth worm. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 717 [Bryum apocarpum] Red-headed Bryum. Anglis. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 241 Little Red-headed Parrot, or Guinea Sparrow. 1875 Fancier's Gaz. 19 Mar. 938/1 Your bird is called a Red-headed Cardinal. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 66 In Pennsylvania it [sc. the long-eared sun-fish] is called ‘Sun Perch’ and ‘Red Headed Bream’. 1901 E. 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. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxx. 249 The red-headed squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus), is distinguished by the rufous colour of the head and underparts. 1985 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 58 626 Developmental threshold temperatures..were derived for the principal life stages of the black- and red-headed types of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea. 1986 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 144 540 Significant amounts of immmunoreactive cardiac glycoside were found to be present in..the milkweeds: redheaded cotton-bush (Asclepias curassavica); balloon cotton (Asclepias fruticosa); [etc.]. 1995 Observer 30 July 7/1 Red-headed parakeets..are now permeating Britain's countryside. Compounds red-headed duck n. †(a) any of several European ducks with red or brown heads, esp. a pochard ( Aythya ferina) or a female or immature goldeneye ( Bucephala clangula); also with distinguishing word (obsolete); (b) U.S. the redhead, Aythya americana. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Netta red-headed duck1678 rosy-billed duck1867 rosy-bill1888 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 364 The great red-headed Duck. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 561 I believe [the pochard] is the red headed duck of Lawson. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Goldeneye Willughby and Ray seem to have given the young, or female, of this species under the title of Smaller red-headed Duck. 1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 198 The Red-headed Duck reaches the Middle and Southern States by passing overland or following our great streams. 1857 F. Gerhard Illinois as it Is 252 Of divers, there may frequently be met with..the red-headed duck (F[uligula] ferina, L.). 1947 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 30 Apr. 3/1 A pair of red-headed ducks rode at anchor well out from the shore. 1987 Avian Dis. 31 213/1 Hepatic carcinomas have been reported in..a female Red-Headed Duck (Aythya americana, [etc.]. red-headed finch n. †(a) the redpoll, Carduelis flammea (obsolete); (b) a small waxbill of southern Africa, Amadina erythrocephala (family Estrildidae), having barred and speckled brown plumage and (in the male) a red head (also more fully red-headed weaver finch). ΚΠ ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VII. 240 (heading) The Red-headed Finch. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Red-headed Red-headed finch or linnet, the redpoll. 1929 C. D. Priest Guide Birds Southern Rhodesia 53 Red-headed weaver finch (A. erythrocephala). 1993 Cage & Aviary Birds 13 Nov. 13/5 Cut-throats belong to the genus Amadina which only consists of two species, the other being the Red-headed Finch. red-headed honeyeater n. a honeyeater of northern Australia and New Guinea, Myzomela erythrocephala (family Melophagidae), the male of which has a bright red head and rump. ΚΠ 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. Pl. 64 The Red-headed honeyeater is so distinctly marked as almost to preclude the possibility of its being confounded with any known species of the genus. 1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. 286 The red-headed honeyeater..comes as far south as Brisbane. 1996 Wildlife Res. 23 443 The red-headed honeyeater showed significant seasonal variation in abundance. red-headed lark n. rare the red-capped lark of Africa, Calandrella cinerea. ΚΠ 1834 List Additions Coll. Brit. Mus. 1832 149 Red headed Lark,..Great Honeyguide,..and others from the Cape of Good Hope. 1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 212 Megalophonus cinereus...The red-headed lark is common throughout the colony. 1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 92 10 The charming little red-headed lark, which ranges south from the Taif area apparently to the Yaman. red-headed linnet n. †(a) a linnet ( Carduelis cannabina) or redpoll ( C. flammea) (obsolete); (b) U.S. any of several finches of the genus Carpodacus with red or rosy heads; esp. the house finch C. mexicana (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthis flammea (lesser redpoll) red-headed linnet1674 redpoll1728 stone-redpole1768 lesser redpoll1776 rose linnet1796 redpoll linnet?a1808 redpoll finch1814 mealy redpoll1837 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthus cannabina (linnet) > male red-headed linnet1674 redpoll1728 greater redpoll1768 rose linnet1796 rose lintie1825 1674 J. Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 88 The greater red-headed Linnet... The lesser red-headed Linnet. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Redpole—Greater Greater red-headed Linnet, or Redpole. 1896 Overland Monthly Aug. 157/1 These same little red-headed linnets afforded me no end of amusement and pleasure. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 7 House Finch... Other names [include] Crimson-fronted Finch; Red-headed Linnet [etc.]. 1959 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 20 Sept. 13A/1 The red headed linnet and his drab wife might be of different species, as to plumage color. red-headed pochard n. †(a) the common pochard, Aytha ferina (obsolete); (b) the redhead, A. americana (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard) pochard1552 dunbird1587 smeath1622 red-headed wigeon1668 smee1668 wigeon1668 gold head1704 dun cur1802 redhead1816 red-headed pochard1824 pochard duck1829 smee-duck1862 well plum1862 1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 193 Red-headed Pochard. (Fuligula ferina.) 1874 J. B. Pettigrew Animal Locomotion (caption) The Red-headed Pochard (Fuligula ferina..) in the act of dropping upon the water. 1992 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World I. 616/1 Redhead... Other common names: Red-headed Pochard. red-headed smew n. a female or immature smew, Mergus albellus, distinguished from the adult male by a chestnut-coloured head. ΚΠ 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 148 Red headed Smew..the head is slightly crested, and of a rust color. 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 266 (heading) Red-headed Smew, or Weesel Coot. 1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 89 The ‘white Nun’, as it [sc. the adult drake] is called to distinguish it from the female and immature ‘Red-headed Smews’, has a drooping white crest. red-headed stepchild n. U.S. colloquial used as the type of a person who or thing which is neglected, unwanted, or mistreated; frequently in similative use. ΚΠ 1910 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 29 June 4/4 From the day the Republican party came into power the South has been treated like a red-headed stepchild. 1943 Chicago Defender 17 Apr. 15/3 The Farm Security Administration of the Department of Agriculture is the scapegoat and the red-headed step-child of the 78th Congress. 1975 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. iv. 15/6 Income distribution has always been the red-headed stepchild of liberalism, which has concentrated instead on providing services to the poor. 2004 J. Mohr Gasping for Airtime xiv. 250 The man who beat Joe Frazier like a redheaded stepchild. red-headed wigeon n. now rare the common pochard, Aythya ferina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard) pochard1552 dunbird1587 smeath1622 red-headed wigeon1668 smee1668 wigeon1668 gold head1704 dun cur1802 redhead1816 red-headed pochard1824 pochard duck1829 smee-duck1862 well plum1862 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 99 Anas Fusca..the Red-headed Widgeon. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 367 The Poker, or Pochard, or great red-headed Wigeon. 1746 C. Smith Antient & Present State Waterford 340 Anas fere fusca..called in the north, the gold head, and with us the red-headed widgeon. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 321 Red-Headed Widgeon. Head and neck bright red. 1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 The pochard is distinguished by the name of the ‘red-headed wigeon’ or ‘stone wigeon’. 1955 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 39 314 European Widgeon... Red-headed Widgeon. red-headed woodpecker n. a North American woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, which has a bright red head, neck, and throat, with the rest of the plumage black and white. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > member of genus Melanerpes > species erythrocephalus (red-head) redhead1709 red-headed woodpecker1729 1729 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. i. Pl. 20 The Red-headed Wood-pecker..is the only one of the Wood-peckers that may be termed domestick. 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 144 The Red-headed Woodpecker is found in all parts of the United States. 1914 Waterloo (Iowa) Times-Tribune 17 Oct. 10/3 The robin and the red-headed woodpecker eat a few cherries..and a few real ripe apples, but they pay many times over for..the fruit that they take. 1995 Canad. Geographic Mar. 56/2 Park staff cleared away dead trees and underbrush, not realizing they were destroying..nesting spots for the wood thrush and red-headed woodpecker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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