A food item chopped for birds (5)
I believe the answer is:
avian
'a food item chopped for birds' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'a food item chopped' is the wordplay.
'food item' becomes 'viand' (I've seen this before).
'chopped' means to remove the last letter.
'viand' with its final letter removed is 'vian'.
'a'+'vian'='AVIAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avian that I've seen before include "Resembling a bird" , "Like a booby" , "Regarding birds" , "To do with birds - like a dangerous flu" , "Birdlike" .)