red-headed

UK: /ˌrɛdˈhɛdɪd/ US: (red′hed′id for 1; red′hed′id for 2)

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red-head•ed  (red′hed′id for 1; red′hed′id for 2), adj. 

1. having red hair, as a person.
2. Birds, Zoology having a red head, as an animal, esp. a bird.

Also, red′head′ed. 

• 1555–65

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red-headed adjective

1. (of a person) having red hair
2. (of an animal) having a red head