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Spur-winged
Pronunciation : Spur"-winged`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-winged goose (Zo?l.), 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 (P. Gambensis) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen ?gyptiaca). -- Spur-winged plover (Zo?l.), 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.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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