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Definition: Spur-winged goose
Spur-winged
\Spur"-winged`\ (-w[i^]ngd`), a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
[1913 Webster]
Spur-winged goose (Zo["o]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 [AE]gyptiaca).
Spur-winged plover (Zo["o]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.
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