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Longspur

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\Long"spur`\, n. [So called from the length of the hind claw.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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