Male swan we initially bypassed in trap (6)
I believe the answer is:
cobweb
'trap' is the definition.
(cobweb is a kind of trap)
'male swan we initially bypassed' is the wordplay.
'male swan' becomes 'cob' (I've seen this before).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'bypassed' is 'b'.
'cob'+'we'+'b'='COBWEB'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for cobweb that I've seen before include "Spun threads" , "Creation of Shakespeare" , "One appearing in A Midsummer Night's Dream" , "One of 5" , "Filaments spun by a spider" .)