Feathered friend (4)
I believe the answer is:
bird
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">feathered friend</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bird that I've seen before include "Prison sentence - hawk, perhaps" , "Feathered flyer" , "Charlie "___" Parker - time inside" , "porridge" , "Egg-laying vertebrate" .)