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Touched a bird (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cuckoo

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'touched' is the first definition.
(both can informally mean mad)

'a bird' is the second definition.
(cuckoo is a kind of bird)

(Other definitions for cuckoo that I've seen before include "Bird; sort of clock" , "Intruder bird in the nest" , "Bird that fosters out its eggs" , "Slightly crazy -- bird" , "Hourly you might hear this" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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