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Avoid fish and fowl (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duckling

'fowl' is the definition.
(duckling is a kind of fowl)

'avoid fish' is the wordplay.
'avoid' becomes 'duck' (ducking is a kind of avoiding).
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'duck'+'ling'='DUCKLING'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for duckling that I've seen before include "Young swimmer" , "little fowl" , "Young mallard, for instance" , "Young swimming bird" , "Young waterfowl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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