Just the chap to spoon with a bird? (4)
I believe the answer is:
bill
'a bird?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'just the chap to spoon' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'chap' could be 'bil' and 'bil' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bill that I've seen before include "Invoice; man's name" , "Account; beak" , "announce" , "Piece of legislation -- one of the Clintons" , "Parliamentary draft of proposed law" .)