Nice pal silly one with fishing bill (7)

I believe the answer is:

pelican

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'one with fishing bill' is the definition.
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'nice pal silly' is the wordplay.
'silly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nice'+'pal'='nicepal'
'nicepal' is an anagram of 'PELICAN'.

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(Other definitions for pelican that I've seen before include "Seabird having a large bill with a pouch for fish" , "nickname of US State" , "Long-billed waterbird" , "Tropical bird" , "One presenting big bill" .)

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