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Spur-wing, spurwing. World English Historical Dictionary

Spur-wing, spurwing. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1919, rev. 2024. Spur-wing, spurwing Ornith. [Cf. next.] A spur-winged water-hen, goose, etc.

1 1842.  Penny Cycl., XXII. 389/2. Spur-wing, the English name for species of the Genus Parra.

2 1855.  Ogilvie, Suppl., Spur-wing; geese of the genus Plectropterus are also so called. They are natives of Africa, and have two strong spurs on the shoulder of the wing.

3 1900.  Grogan & Sharp, Cape to Cairo, xxiii. 294. At my first shot I killed two large spurwings, and a few more rounds provided geese for all the camp.

4   attrib.  1897.  Hinde, Congo Arabs, 270–1. The spur-wing geese seemed to be flocking preparatory to migrating.

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