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Bird that is small and pale (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swan

'bird' is the definition.
(I know that Swan is a type of bird)

'small and pale' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pale' becomes 'wan' (wan can mean pale or grey).
's'+'wan'='SWAN'

'that is' is the link.

(Other definitions for swan that I've seen before include "Long-necked water bird" , "Large, long-necked bird" , "Whooper or trumpeter?" , "Stately aquatic bird" , "black, in 7th" .)

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