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Terribly odd love-bird (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dodo

'bird' is the definition.
(dodo is a kind of bird)

'terribly odd love' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates an anagram.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'odd' is an anagram of 'dod'.
'dod'+'o'='DODO'

(Other definitions for dodo that I've seen before include "Large extinct bird" , "One deeply reactionary" , "Mauritian bird no more" , "Old-fashioned person" , "bird long dead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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