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They eat at their own table in the garden (5)

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birds

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'they' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are plural nouns.
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(Other definitions for birds that I've seen before include "Egg-laying vertebrates" , "Things may be strictly for them!" , "... strictly receivers of rubbish" , "Terns and tits, say" , "Feathered fliers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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