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spur-heeled

spur-heeled adjective: wearing spurs on one's heels.

Adjective

spur-heeled (not comparable)

  1. Wearing spurs on one's heels.
    • a spur-heeled cowboy
  2. Of a bird: having a long straight hind claw.
    • a spur-heeled cuckoo

Questions about spur-heeled

What does spur-heeled mean?
Spur-heeled means wearing spurs on one's heels.
What part of speech is spur-heeled?
Spur-heeled is an adjective.

Words near spur-heeled in the dictionary

  1. spur gears
  2. spur leather
  3. spur leathers
  4. spur of the moment
  5. spur on
  6. spur-heeled
  7. spur-leather
  8. spur-leathers
  9. spur-of-the-moment
  10. spur-rial
  11. spur-rials

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