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Game bird? (4)

Ross

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This clue could be a double definition.

'game' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
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'bird?' is the second definition.
(rook is a kind of bird)

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(Other definitions for rook that I've seen before include "Swindle (colloq.); bird" , "Defraud; bird; chessman" , "flier" , "Species of crow" , "A bird; overcharge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Globe and Mail.
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