Ornith. [Cf. next.] A spur-winged water-hen, goose, etc.
1842. Penny Cycl., XXII. 389/2. Spur-wing, the English name for species of the Genus Parra.
1855. Ogilvie, Suppl., 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. Grogan & Sharp, 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.
attrib. 1897. Hinde, Congo Arabs, 270–1. The spur-wing geese seemed to be flocking preparatory to migrating.
