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100 birds have hoods (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cowls

'hoods' is the definition.
('cowl' can be a synonym of 'hood')

'100 birds' is the wordplay.
'100' becomes 'c' (Roman numeral).
'birds' becomes 'owls' (owl is a kind of bird).
'c'+'owls'='COWLS'

'have' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cowls that I've seen before include "Coverings" , "Monks' hoods" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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