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Naming bird and fish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

titling

'naming' is the definition.
(titling is a kind of naming)

'bird and fish' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'tit' (tit is a kind of bird).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'tit'+'ling'='TITLING'

(Other definitions for titling that I've seen before include "Calling" , "Identifying" , "Giving name to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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