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The spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis, a large goose-like waterfowl common throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Sometimes confused in the literature with the very different Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus.
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Francis Willughby (1635–1672), naturalist. Origin unknown.