spur heeled (sperheld)

In ornith., having a very long straightened hind claw; lark-heeled: specifically noting the coucals or cuckoos of the genus Centropus. spurn (c) Aborted or changed so that the normal functions no longer exist: as, the spurious or aborted front legs of certain butterflies. (d) Erroneous; incorrectly established: as, a spu rio us genus or species. See pseudo genus.-4. In bot., false; counterfeit; apparent only.Spurious Baltimore, the orchard-oriole, Icterus spurius, formerly supposed to be a variety of the Baltimore oriole. called bastard Baltimore. - Spurious claw, in en tom., same as empodium. - Spurious di epiment, in bot., a partition in an ovary or pericarp not formed by parts of the carpels, but by an outgrowth commonly from the back of the carpel. See di epiment. - Spurious hermaphrodites. See hermaphrodite, 1.- Spurious ocellus, a circular spot of color without any well-defined central spot or pupil. - Spurious pareira. See pareira. Spurious primary, in ornith., the first or outermost primary or remex of a bird's wing which has at least ten primaries and the first one very short, rudimentary, or functionle . Also called spurious quill.Spurious proposition, rainbow, stemma, etc. See the nouns.-Spurious sarsaparilla. See Hardenber gia. - Spurious vein, in entom., a faintly indicated vein or nervure of the wing, traceable only by a strong reflected light, particularly of certain hymen opters. - Spu rio us wing, in ornith., the ala spuria, or bastard wing; the alula. See spur iæ, and cut under alula. (This use of spurious has no reference to the condition of a first primary so called. See above.]=Syn. 2. Spurious, Supposi titious, and Counterfeit agree in expre ing intent to de ceive, except that counterfeit may be used with figurative lightne where no dishonorable purpose is implied. Spu rio us, not genuine, expre es strong disapprobation of the deception, succe ful or attempted. Supposititious applies only to that which is substituted for the genuine; it thus expre es a cla under the spurious: a supposititious work of A than as i us is not one that is supposed to have been written by him, but one that is palmed off upon the public as being the genuine text of a work that he is known to have written; a supposititious child is a changeling; was the Tichborne claimant the genuine or a supposititious Sir Roger? Counterfeit applies also to a cla under the spurious namely, to that which is made in attempted imitation of something else: as, a counterfeit coin, bank-note, signature. Chatter ton's manuscripts were spurious, but not supposititious; as they were not exact imitations of any particular manuscripts of early days, they would hardly be called counterfeit. See factitious. spuriously (spū'ri-us-li), adv. In a spurious manner; counterfeitly; falsely. spuriousne (spūʻri-us-nes), n. 1. Illegitimacy; the state of being bastard, or not of legitimate birth: as, spuriousne of i ue.-2. The state or quality of being spurious, counterfeit, false, or not genuine: as, the spurious ne of drugs, of coin, or of writings. spur-leather (sper'le"er), n. A strap by which a spur is secured to the foot. I could eat my very spur - leathers for anger! B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, ii. 1. spur-legged (spèr'leged or -legd), a. Having spurs or spines on the legs or feet. The Leptidæ are known as spur - legged flies.