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Little bird -- one about to go under an enormous boat, that would be unfortunate (7)

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I believe the answer is:

titanic

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(Other definitions for titanic that I've seen before include "Having huge strength - ship that famously sunk" , "Giant" , "Film success (1997) - ship disaster (1912)" , "Of great size, like a sunken ship" , "Exceptionally powerful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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