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Shore bird flying to cave (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avocet

'shore bird' is the definition.
(avocet is a kind of shore bird)

'flying to cave' is the wordplay.
'flying' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'cave'='tocave'
'tocave' with letters rearranged gives 'AVOCET'.

(Other definitions for avocet that I've seen before include "Black and white Eurasian long-legged wading bird" , "Wading bird - octave (anag)" , "Long-legged wading bird with upward-curving bill" , "Curved-bill shore bird" , "Long-legged shorebird with upward-curving bill" .)

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