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Woman appearing to be a pescatarian (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heron

'a pescatarian' is the definition.
(bird that eats fish)

'woman appearing' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'appearing' becomes 'on' (as in 'who's on TV tonight?').
'her'+'on'='HERON'

'to be' is the link.

(Other definitions for heron that I've seen before include "Grey or white long-legged wading bird" , "Big bird" , "Graceful grey bird with long neck" , "flier" , "Rhone (anag) - bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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