Crossword Genius

A bird burning nothing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flamingo

'a bird' is the definition.
(flamingo is a kind of bird)

'burning nothing' is the wordplay.
'burning' becomes 'flaming' (flaming is a kind of burning).
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'flaming'+'o'='FLAMINGO'

(Other definitions for flamingo that I've seen before include "Wading bird with pink and red plumage" , "Long-legged wader" , "Pink wader" , "Pretty bird" , "colourful bird" .)

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