Cryptic crossword clue
After month ten birds will appear in groups of eight 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OCTAVES

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The straight part
We know that "groups of eight" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case groups of eight = octaves.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does OCTAVES mean?

OCTAVES noun
  1. An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
  2. The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
  3. A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
  4. A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
  5. The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
  6. The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
  7. An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
  8. An octonion.
  9. Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise.
  10. The subjective vibration of a planet.

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