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Group knowing a bit (6)

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I believe the answer is:

heptad

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'group' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'knowing a bit' is the wordplay.
'knowing' becomes 'hep' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a bit' becomes 'tad' (I've seen this before).
'hep'+'tad'='HEPTAD'

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(Other definitions for heptad that I've seen before include "awful pet had" , "A seven-strong group" , "Set of seven" , "Seven Samurai maybe" , "one over the eight? Not quite that many!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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