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Prepare to fire at ducks or another bird (8)

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I believe the answer is:

cockatoo

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'another bird' is the definition.
'cockatoo' can be an answer for 'bird' (cockatoo is a kind of bird). I am unsure of the 'another' bit.

'prepare to fire at ducks' is the wordplay.
'prepare to fire' becomes 'cock' (as in cocking a gun).
'ducks' becomes 'oo' (two O's - duck means zero in cricket).
'cock'+'at'+'oo'='COCKATOO'

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cockatoo that I've seen before include "Australasian parrot" , "Parrot native to Australia and Indonesia" , "Illegal Aussie look-out man" , "Australian parrot" , "Bird, a type of parrot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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