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Chicken brought round in cargo helicopter (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chinook

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'chicken' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'brought round in cargo helicopter' is the wordplay.
'brought round' is an insertion indicator.
'cargo helicopter' becomes 'chook' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' inserted within 'chook' is 'CHINOOK'.

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(Other definitions for chinook that I've seen before include "North American wind, native or language" , "Warm dry wind of the Rockies and type of helicopter" , "Native American - wind - helicopter" , "warm one" , "O in hock (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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