- 1. a. Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Source: opted
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
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