European swapped ordinary bird for team (4)

I believe the answer is:

crew

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'for team' is the definition.
(crew is a kind of team)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for crew that I've seen before include "Ship's operators" , "Very short haircut for the ship's complement" , "Sailor complement of ship" , "Group of operators" , "Cox and Co" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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