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Red Wing

(Encyclopedia)Red Wing, city (1990 pop. 15,134), seat of Goodhue co., SE Minn., on the Mississippi River at the head of Lake Pepin; inc. 1857. It is a commercial and manufacturing center in the Hiawatha valley farm...

Auerbach, Red

(Encyclopedia)Auerbach, Red (Arnold Jacob Auerbach) ouˈərbăkˌ, –bäkˌ [key], 1917–2006, American basketball coach and executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As coach of the Boston Celtics (1950–66), he built the l...

red cedar

(Encyclopedia)red cedar: see juniper.

red eft

(Encyclopedia)red eft: see newt.

red fir

(Encyclopedia)red fir: see pine.

red maids

(Encyclopedia)red maids: see purslane.

red pepper

(Encyclopedia)red pepper: see pepper.

red snapper

(Encyclopedia)red snapper: see snapper.

red spider

(Encyclopedia)red spider: see mite.

red spruce

(Encyclopedia)red spruce: see spruce.