spur
Spur ('extension, spit', originally generally 'a tool for pushing or stabbing', related to spear and track , see English):
Human medicine:
- A hardened, thorn-like tissue change, horn cones in the corn
- A hardened, spiked tissue change, the heel spur
- A pointed bone protrusion, see osteophyte
- The intestinal wall parts that exist as a partition in the double-barreled artificial extractor
Biology:
- In horses, the ball of the hand or sole, see balls
- In pigs and ruminants, the dewclaw or upper claw , see claw (cloven-hoofed)
- In bats on the hind legs of the calcar
- In ornithology, a horn formation in birds as a defense weapon, hind gnarls, see spur (bird)
- In snakes rudiments of the hind limbs, see anal spur
- In botany a horn-shaped protuberance of some petals, see spur (botany)
Such as:
- In geology, a rock or stone formation protruding from the ground, see rock spur
- The steel reinforcement of the fore steving of older warships for sinking enemy vehicles, see ram
- Part of the landing gear of an aircraft, see tail wheel landing gear
- The measuring transducer of the metering device on seed drills in agricultural engineering, see star wheel (agricultural engineering)
- Spike or cogwheel at the base of the boot to support thigh pressure when riding, see spur (riding)
Sporn or Šporn is the family name of the following people:
- Andrej Šporn (* 1981), Slovenian ski racer
- Katja Sporn (* 1970), German classical archaeologist
- Michael Sporn (1946–2014), American animator and film director
Golden spur in particular:
- Knight of the golden spur , a form of elevation in the personal order in the HRR
- Order of the Golden Spur , an award from the Catholic Church
See also:
- Spore (disambiguation)
- Wiktionary: spur - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
