Spur-winged

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• Spur

  ·noun Ergotized rye or other grain. II. Spur ·noun A <<Tern>>. III. Spur ·noun Something that proj...

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• spur

  A mountain that shoots from any other mountain or range of mountains, and extends to some distance i...

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• spur

  A projecting portion of a cliff. In fortification, spurs are walls that cross a part of the rampart ...

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• Winged

  ·adj Swift; rapid. II. Winged ·adj Wounded or hurt in the wing. III. Winged ·adj Fanned with wings...

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• Spur-royal

  ·noun A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling th...

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• Spur-shell

  ·noun Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. Th...

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• spur-way

  a bridle-way through any ground, a passage for a horse by right of custom. S. ...

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• spur-shores

  See spur ...

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• Eagle-winged

  ·adj Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an <<Eagle>>. ...

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• Full-winged

  ·adj Beady for flight; eager. II. Full-winged ·adj Having large and strong or complete wings. ...

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• Hand-winged

  ·adj Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; — said of ba...

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• Lace-winged

  ·adj Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies. ...

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• Light-winged

  ·adj Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. ...

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• Sack-winged

  ·adj Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of t...

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• Scale-winged

  ·adj Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged. ...

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• Scaly-winged

  ·adj Scale-winged. ...

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• Sheath-winged

  ·adj Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle. ...

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