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Definition: Longspur
Longspur
\Long"spur`\, n. [So called from the length of the hind
claw.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus
Calcarius (or
Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The
Lapland longspur (
Calcarius Lapponicus), the
chestnut-colored longspur (
Calcarius ornatus), and other
species, inhabit the United States.
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