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Webster 1913 Edition
Spur-winged
Spur′-wingedˊ
(-wĭngdˊ)
, Adj.
(Zool.)
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
Spur-winged goose
(Zool.)
, any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the genus
– Plectropterus
and allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose (Plectropterus Gambensis
) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca
). Spur-winged plover
(Zool.)
, an Old World plover (
Hoplopterus spinosus
) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent parts of Asia and Europe.