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Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-winged goose , any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose and

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Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-winged goose , any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose . -- Spur-winged plover , an Old World plover (Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent parts of Asia and Europe.

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