What is "spur-winged goose"

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.

The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a large bird in the family Anatidae, related to the geese and the shelducks, but distinct from both of these in a number of anatomical features, and therefore treated in its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae. It occurs in wetlands throughout sub-Saharan Africa.