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Main sentence identifying cormorant, for example (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seabird

'cormorant for example' is the definition.
(cormorant is a kind of seabird)

'main sentence' is the wordplay.
'main' becomes 'sea' (the main is an old name for the sea).
'sentence' becomes 'bird' (slang term for a prison sentence).
'sea'+'bird'='SEABIRD'

'identifying' is the link.

(Other definitions for seabird that I've seen before include "gannet, perhaps" , "Gull, for example" , "Marine creature" , "A gull, for instance" , "gull, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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