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Pest in male fish (9)

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I believe the answer is:

cockroach

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'pest in male fish' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'male fish' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'cock' (male chicken).
'fish' becomes 'roach' (roach is a kind of fish).
'cock'+'roach'='COCKROACH'

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(Other definitions for cockroach that I've seen before include "Cork coach can be a pest" , "Household insect pest" , "See pest" , "So-called black beetle" , "Rock coach turns out to be an insect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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