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  • adjective zoology Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.

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Examples

  • The crowned cranes beginning to pair, the flocks of spurwinged geese, the habits of the ostrich, the nests of bee-eaters, pass under review in rapid succession.

    The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880

  • The crowned cranes beginning to pair, the flocks of spurwinged geese, the habits of the ostrich, the nests of bee-eaters, pass under review in rapid succession.

    The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859

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