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European Monetary Union gets the bird (3)

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I believe the answer is:

emu

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'the bird' is the definition.
(emu is a type of bird)

'european monetary union' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'monetary union' becomes 'mu' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'e'+'mu'='EMU'

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for emu that I've seen before include "Native Australian bird" , "Australian non-flyer" , "Large Australian flightless bird" , "Flightless Aus. bird" , "Aussie runner" .)

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