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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spur-winged a. Zool. Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
 Spur-winged goose Zool., 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 (Plectropterus Gambensis) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca).
 Spur-winged plover Zool., 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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