spur-winged : Idioms & Phrases
Spur-winged goose
(Zoöl.) , any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the genusPlectropterus 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 ).
Webster 1913
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.
