| Reduviidae | A family (order Hemiptera) of predatory insects, the assassin bugs, which attack animals and humans. It includes the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing or cone-nosed bugs, whose type genus Triatoma includes species that are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| redwater fever | A highly fatal disease of cattle and occasionally of sheep caused by infection with Clostridium haemolyticum. See: bovine babesiosis (05 Mar 2000) |
| redweed | <botany> The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| redwing | <zoology> A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. A North American passerine bird (Agelarius phoeniceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| redwithe | <botany> A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| redwood | <botany> A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia. An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees. The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides; that of some parts of tropical America, several species of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of Humirium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |