a. Ornith. [f. SPUR sb.1] Having one or more stiff claws or spurs projecting from the pinion-bone of the wing. In specific names (see quots.).
a. 1668. Charleton, Onomast., 116. Anser Chilensis,… the Spur-wing’d Goose of America.
1785. Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, III. II. 452. Spur-winged Goose, Anas Gambensis.
1865. Livingstone, Zambesi, xxi. 431. Occasionally we saw … spurwinged geese.
1879. E. P. Wright, Anim. Life, 333. The Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a native of West Africa.
b. 1755. G. Edwards, Glean. Nat. Hist., II. Pl. 280. The black-brested spur-winged Plover.
1785. Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, III. I. 213. Spur-winged Plover, Charadrius spinosus.
1825. Waterton, Wand. S. Amer., I. (1903), 32. The spur-winged plover, and a species of the curlew … frequently rise before you.
1899. F. V. Kirby, Sport E. C. Africa, i. 4. The spur-winged plovers not only warn the crocodiles,… but act as tooth-picks for the saurians.
c. 1716. Petiveriana, I. 284. The Spur-wing’d Lapwing.
1743. G. Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, I. Pl. 48. The spur-winged Water Hen.
1824. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), XVI. 537/1. The Jacana, or spur-winged water-hen (Parra Chilensis), is a beautiful bird with very long feet.
1829. Griffith, trans. Cuvier, VIII. 600. Spur-winged Swan, Anas Gambensis.
1897. Daily News, 16 Nov., 6/2. The Spur-winged Lapwing of La Plata.
