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Cuckoo egg (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nit

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This might be a double definition.

'cuckoo' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'egg' is the second definition.
(a nit is an insect egg)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for nit that I've seen before include "Louse-egg" , "Egg of a head louse" , "Hair louse" , "Idiot, ass" , "Louse; fool" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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