Quail flock found in tight plastic binding (10)

I believe the answer is:

shrinkpack

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'in tight plastic binding' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'quail flock' is the wordplay.
'quail' becomes 'shrink' (synonyms).
'flock' becomes 'pack' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shrink'+'pack'='SHRINKPACK'

'found' is the link.

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