Evade small bird? (4)
I believe the answer is:
duck
This could be a double definition.
'evade' is the first definition.
(I know that evade can be written as duck)
'small bird?' is the second definition.
'duck' can be an answer for 'bird?' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'small' bit.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for duck that I've seen before include "nothing" , "poor score?" , "Part of pair" , "cricketing failure" , "Avoid (tricky question)" .)