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No fish can make a foul noise! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

fowl

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'no fish' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'a foul noise' is the wordplay.
'noise' shows a homophone (sound like).
'foul' is a homophone of 'FOWL'.

'can make' is the link.

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(Other definitions for fowl that I've seen before include "eg Chicken" , "Bird to be eaten or hunted as game" , "Any farmyard bird" , "Poultry bird" , "Domesticated bird" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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