Category:Spur-winged

Spur"-winged`, a. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.