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Table bearing a fowl (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roaster

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'fowl' is the definition.
(roaster is a kind of fowl)

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(Other definitions for roaster that I've seen before include "Chicken, perhaps" , "Oven-ready bird" , "Fowl for the oven" , "Oven chicken?" , "cooker" .)

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