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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spur-winged \Spur"-winged`\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.

   {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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