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longspur
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longspur, n. [So called from the length of the hind claw.].
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes ), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus ), the chestnut-colored longspur (Calcarius ornatus ), and other species, inhabit the United States. [1913 Webster]
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