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Starter of chicken for example? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egg

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'starter of chicken' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'example?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'example?' could be 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin) and 'eg' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'g' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for egg that I've seen before include "Mine (slang)" , "start in life" , "One beaten by a whisker perhaps" , "Laid item" , "Croque-madame ingredient" .)

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