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More than one sea bird tears a shrew in pieces (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shearwaters

'more than one sea bird' is the definition.
(shearwater is a kind of sea bird)

'tears a shrew in pieces' is the wordplay.
'in pieces' is an anagram indicator.
'tears'+'a'+'shrew'='tearsashrew'
'tearsashrew' with letters rearranged gives 'SHEARWATERS'.

(Another definition for shearwaters that I've seen is " birds".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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