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Bird shot feels hatred and anger (7,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruffled feathers

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'anger' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'bird shot feels hatred' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'ruff' (ruff is a kind of bird).
'shot' is an anagram indicator.
'feels'+'hatred'='feelshatred'
'feelshatred' is an anagram of 'ledfeathers'.
'ruff'+'ledfeathers'='RUFFLED FEATHERS'

'and' acts as a link.

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