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Brightly-coloured bird with a flower from the east (5)

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I believe the answer is:

macaw

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'brightly-coloured bird' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'with a flower from the east' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'flower' becomes 'cam' (river in Cambridge, England).
'from the east' says the letters should be written in reverse (on a map from right to left).
'w'+'a'+'cam'='wacam'
'wacam' reversed gives 'MACAW'.

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(Other definitions for macaw that I've seen before include "Large colourful parrot" , "Large and showy Latin American parrot" , "Chattering cousin of a cockatoo" , "Type of parrot" , "Colourful creature" .)

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