Joe with the Spanish chook? (8)
I believe the answer is:
cockerel
'chook?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'joe with the spanish' is the wordplay.
'joe with' becomes 'cocker' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'cocker'+'el'='COCKEREL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cockerel that I've seen before include "He's liable to crow" , "Young male bird" , "Farmyard bird" , "Young rooster" , "Young domestic cock" .)