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American, one involved in transport of birds (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avian

'of birds' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'american one involved in transport' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'involved in' is an insertion indicator.
'transport' becomes 'van' (van is a kind of transport**).
'i' placed inside 'van' is 'vian'.
'a'+'vian'='AVIAN'

(Other definitions for avian that I've seen before include "Pertaining to or characteristic of birds" , "To do with birds - like a dangerous flu" , "Like a booby" , "Lizard with adhesive foot-pads" , "Resembling a bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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