long-spurred

But they observed the offspring of the pheasants and found that the ones with long-spurred fathers had better chances of surviving than those with short-spurred ones.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

But they observed the offspring of the pheasants and found that the ones with long-spurred fathers had better chances of surviving than those with short-spurred ones.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

But they observed the offspring of the pheasants and found that the ones with long-spurred fathers had better chances of surviving than those with short-spurred ones.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

There Lucy tended her long-spurred violets, yellow lady slippers, fringed orchids and orange bell lilies.

A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set Jeffery Deaver 2001

Since the introduction of the long-spurred hybrid varieties the

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

Perhaps in the spasm of that death-tear the rider had gripped his horse's sides with his long-spurred heels; perhaps the horse also was wounded; anyhow, with head down, and wild and terrified eyes, his shoulders foam-bespewed, he tore past as if in horror of the ghastly burden he carried.

Impressions of a War Correspondent George Lynch

The dusty-booted and long-spurred riders clanked noisily into the grove of cottonwoods and disappeared in the shade.

Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Grey 1905

Instances may be cited of the white varieties of the snapdragon, of the red clover, the long-spurred violet (_Viola_ [282] _cornuta_) the sea-shore aster (_Aster Tripolium_), corn-rose

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

It belongs to the long-spurred class, all of which are good.

Making a Garden of Perennials 1885

Higher up the course of the river, Orchis conopsea, long-spurred and very sweet, the compact Orchis pyramidalis, and the rare Epipactis palustris are to be found, as well as Campanula Glomerata, and crow garlic, in an old chalk-pit nearly destroyed by the railway and the water works.

John Keble's Parishes Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862