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Recoils in fear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quails

(Other definitions for quails that I've seen before include "Flinches" , "Game birds - shows fear" , "Small game birds" , "Cringes before the game birds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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