The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spur-winged \Spur"-winged`\ (-w[i^]ngd`), a. (Zo["o]l.) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
Spur-winged goose (Zo["o]l.), 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 ( P. Gambensis) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose ( Alopochen [AE]gyptiaca).
Spur-winged plover (Zo["o]l.), 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.
Usage examples of "spur-winged".
There was indeed a splendid wealth of birds on the water, including some very, very old friends such as wigeon, tufted duck, mallard and shoveller, perfectly at home among the neat little pygmy geese, knob-billed and spur-winged geese, white-faced tree-duck and the odd anhingas, to say nothing of the blue-breasted kingfisher that darted overhead and the steady patrol of vultures in the upper sky.