a. [f. SPUR sb.1 + -LIKE.] Like or resembling a spur.

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1829.  T. Castle, Introd. Bot., 83. Calcarate or spur-like [figure]—as in the larkspur, columbine, and snap-dragon.

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1876.  Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., ii. 43. Stretching southward in long spur-like projections.

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1896.  Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., V. 286. Each of the three inner-toes is furnished with a sharp, spur-like nail.

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