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English composer brought back tailless bird (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eagle

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'english composer brought back' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'tailless bird' is the wordplay.
'tailless' means to remove the last letter.
'bird' becomes 'eaglet' (I have seen 'Young bird ' mean 'eaglet' so perhaps 'bird' could also mean 'eaglet').
'eaglet' with its final letter taken off is 'EAGLE'.

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(Other definitions for eagle that I've seen before include "Avian symbol of power" , "Old comic" , "two strokes fewer?" , "ten-dollar coin" , "Erne, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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