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Birds keep moving south to the other side (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aves

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'birds keep moving' is the definition.
'aves' can be an answer for 'birds' (I've seen this in another clue). I am not sure about the 'keep moving' bit.

'south to the other side' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'south' could be 's' (abbreviation) and 's' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ave' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for aves that I've seen is " Reverential salutations: class of vertebrates which comprises birds".)

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