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Buccaneer has bird (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drake

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'buccaneer' is the first definition.
(Sir Francis Drake)

'bird' is the second definition.
(I know that drake is a type of duck)

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "Explorer" , "Male duck - circumnavigator" , "Elizabethan sailor" , "Particular kind of duck" , "Aquatic bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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