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Not the cry of an expensive bird? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheep

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'cry of an expensive bird?' is the definition.
'cheep' can be an answer for 'cry' (cheep is a kind of cry). I'm not certain of the 'of an expensive bird?' bit.

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for cheep that I've seen before include "Make contribution to Twitter" , "Sing like a bird" , "Cry of new-born chick" , "Chirrup" , "tweet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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