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Spur-winged. 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-winged a. Ornith. [f. SPUR sb.1] Having one or more stiff claws or spurs projecting from the pinion-bone of the wing. In specific names (see quots.).

1   a.  1668.  Charleton, Onomast., 115–6. Anser Chilensis,… the Spur-wing’d Goose of America.

2 1785.  Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, III. II. 452. Spur-winged Goose, Anas Gambensis.

3 1865.  Livingstone, Zambesi, xxi. 431. Occasionally we saw … spurwinged geese.

4 1879.  E. P. Wright, Anim. Life, 333. The Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a native of West Africa.

5   b.  1755.  G. Edwards, Glean. Nat. Hist., II. Pl. 280. The black-brested spur-winged Plover.

6 1785.  Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, III. I. 213. Spur-winged Plover, Charadrius spinosus.

7 1825.  Waterton, Wand. S. Amer., I. (1903), 32. The spur-winged plover, and a species of the curlew … frequently rise before you.

8 1899.  F. V. Kirby, Sport E. C. Africa, i. 4. The spur-winged plovers not only warn the crocodiles,… but act as tooth-picks for the saurians.

9   c.  1716.  Petiveriana, I. 284. The Spur-wing’d Lapwing.

10 1743.  G. Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, I. Pl. 48. The spur-winged Water Hen.

11 1824.  Encycl. Metrop. (1845), XVI. 537/1. The Jacana, or spur-winged water-hen (Parra Chilensis), is a beautiful bird with very long feet.

12 1829.  Griffith, trans. Cuvier, VIII. 600. Spur-winged Swan, Anas Gambensis.

13 1897.  Daily News, 16 Nov., 6/2. The Spur-winged Lapwing of La Plata.

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