Still gull-like bird starts using turnip and pumpkin (9)
I believe the answer is:
butternut
'pumpkin' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'still gull-like bird starts using turnip' is the wordplay.
'still' becomes 'but' (I've seen this in another clue).
'gull-like bird' becomes 'tern' (I've seen this in another clue).
'starts' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'using turnip' is 'ut'.
'but'+'tern'+'ut'='BUTTERNUT'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for butternut that I've seen before include "species of tree" , "Variety of pumpkin" , "sort of a squash" , "Wood" .)