Search Result for "aythya_americana":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head;
[syn: redhead, Aythya americana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Redhead \Red"head`\ (-h?d`), n. 1. A person having red hair. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (a) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard. (b) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Aythya americana n 1: North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head [syn: redhead, Aythya americana]