spurwingn.
Ornithology.attributive.1897 S. L. Hinde Fall Congo Arabs 270 The spur-wing geese seemed to be flocking preparatory to migrating.
A spur-winged water-hen, goose, etc.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > plectropterus or spur-winged goose
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1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 389/2 Spur-wing, the English name for species of the Genus Parra.
1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. 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.
1900 E. S. Grogan & A. H. Sharp From 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.
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