Longspur \Long"spur`\, n. [So called from the length of the hind claw.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus {Calcarius} (or {Plectrophanes}), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur ({Calcarius Lapponicus}), the chestnut-colored longspur ({Calcarius ornatus}), and other species, inhabit the United States. [1913 Webster]