Feathered friends (5)
I believe the answer is:
birds
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">feathered friends</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for birds that I've seen before include "eg Thrushes" , "4th" , "... strictly receivers of rubbish" , "Terns and tits, say" , "Egg-laying vertebrates" .)