longspur


long·spur

L0243700 (lông′spûr′, lŏng′-)n. Any of several sparrowlike birds of the genera Calcarius and Rhynchophanes of North America and Eurasia, having brownish plumage and long-clawed hind toes.

longspur

(ˈlɒŋˌspɜː) n (Animals) any of various Arctic and North American buntings of the genera Calcarius and Rhyncophanes, all of which have a long claw on the hind toe

long•spur

(ˈlɔŋˌspɜr, ˈlɒŋ-)

n. any of several songbirds of the genus Calcarius inhabiting tundra or prairies of the Northern Hemisphere, having a long hind claw on each foot. [1825–35]
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