Spur-winged goose

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(Zool.) 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 Ægyptiaca).

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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