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Bird's egg found in bed (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coot

'bird's' is the definition.
(coot is a kind of bird)

'egg found in bed' is the wordplay.
'egg' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a kind of bed).
'o' inserted into 'cot' is 'COOT'.

(Other definitions for coot that I've seen before include "Waterfowl" , "'Bald' water bird" , "Aquatic bird of the rail family" , "Slow-flying bird, resembling a duck" , "Stupid or eccentric man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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