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Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.

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  1. a. Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
  2. Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-winged goose (Zoöl.), 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 Ægyptiaca). -- Spur-winged plover (Zoöl.), 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.
  3. Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-wingedgoose (Zoöl.), any one of several species of long-legged Africangeese of the genus Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strongspur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose (P. Gambensis) andthe Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca).-- Spur-winged plover (Zoöl.), an Old World plover (Hoplopterusspinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabitsNorthern Africa and the adjacent parts of Asia and Europe.