\Spur"-winged`\, 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.