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Definition of Longspur
1. n. Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States.
Definition of Longspur
1. Noun. A specific type of bird, of the genus ''Calcarius''; it has a long claw on the hind toe of each foot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Longspur
1. a long-clawed finch [n -S]
Medical Definition of Longspur
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Longspur
Literary usage of Longspur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"Black-breasted longspur. Common summer resident] local in distribution, many
pairs sometimes aS'ecting a limited area of dry prairie, while again for miles ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"Autumn Records of Golden Plover and Lapland longspur in Wayne Co., Michigan.— In
the summer of 1906 I was engaged to engineer the laying out of a cemetery ..."
3. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"Lapland longspur, BONAP. Orn.—Rusty longspur, Analyst, No. 14. THE Rusty longspur
is only known in Britain as a rare occasional visitant. ..."
4. A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America by Thomas Nuttall (1896)
".1 LAPLAND longspur. CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS. CHAR. Above, brownish black, the
feathers edged with dull buff, wing-feathers with dull bay; head and throat rich ..."
5. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"One new bird, the Lapland longspur, which in color, flight, and song suggested
our bobolink, ... longspur ..."
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