Bird Shakespeare's wife found in outskirts of Ghent (6)
I believe the answer is:
gannet
'bird' is the definition.
(gannet is a kind of bird)
'shakespeare's wife found in outskirts of ghent' is the wordplay.
'shakespeare's wife' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this in another clue).
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only letters on the outskirts).
'ghent' with its middle removed is 'gt'.
'anne' going within 'gt' is 'GANNET'.
(Other definitions for gannet that I've seen before include "Sea bird; greedy person" , "greedy type" , "Proverbially greedy seabird" , "Large diving fish" , "Large fish-eating bird" .)