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Scary exclamation about louse egg and fish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bonito

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'fish' is the definition.
(bonito is a kind of fish)

'scary exclamation about louse egg' is the wordplay.
'scary exclamation' becomes 'boo' (I have seen 'Exclamation of disapproval ' mean 'boo' so perhaps 'exclamation' could also mean 'boo'. I am not sure about the 'scary' bit.).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'louse egg' becomes 'nit' (I've seen this before).
'boo' placed around 'nit' is 'BONITO'.

'and' is the link.

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(Another definition for bonito that I've seen is " Fish".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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