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Game bird or chicken might do this (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quail

This clue is a triple definition!

'game' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bird' is the second definition.
(quail is a kind of bird)

'or' is a link.

'chicken might do this' is the third definition.
(a cowardly person might quail)

(Other definitions for quail that I've seen before include "See little bird" , "Shrink; a bird" , "Game bird - cower" , "Small bird of the partridge family" , "Cower before the game-bird?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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