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Take out with a bite of fish (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whitebait

'fish' is the definition.
(whitebait is a kind of fish)

'take out with a bite' is the wordplay.
'take out' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'taken out' mean this).
'with'+'a'+'bite'='withabite'
'withabite' is an anagram of 'WHITEBAIT'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for whitebait that I've seen before include "Small edible fish" , "Small fried fish" , "Fish eaten in quantity" , "Young of herrings" , "Small silvery fish, the fry of herring" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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