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Definition of Hoplopterus spinosus

Hoplopterus spinosus
Spur-winged 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.

Meaning of Hoplopterus spinosus from wikipedia

- Vanellus spinosus. Wikispecies has information related to Vanellus spinosus. BirdLife species factsheet for Vanellus spinosus "Vanellus spinosus". Avibase...
- Lobivanellus or Hoplopterus: Black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover, Vanellus tectus Alternatively placed in Lobipluvia or Hoplopterus: Yellow-wattled...
- alexandrinus, Larus ridibundus, Himantopus himantopus, Burhinus oedicnemus, Hoplopterus spinosus, Oenanthe cypriaca and Sylvia melanothorax.[citation needed] Flocks...
- "Crocodilus Niloticus and so-called Crocodile-birds. Hoplopterus spinosus and Pluvi**** ægyptius" (1898)...
- persicus, Ficedula semitorquata, Oenanthe cypriaca, Sturnus roseus, Hoplopterus spinosus, Emberiza rustica, Chettusia gregaria, Bubulcus ibis, Anthropoides...
- better reserved for one of the "spur-winged plovers" of old, Vanellus spinosus of Africa, whose scientific name it literally translates. The masked lapwing...
- fulva (*) Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus Spur-winged lapwing, Hoplopterus spinosus Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius (*) White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus...
- M. (1997). On the breeding biology of the Spur - winged Plover, Hoplopterus spinosus, in Gaza Strip. Zoology in the Middle East. 14:47-52 "Gaza Strip...