The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OSPREY
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More clues leading to the result OSPREY
- Bird like this turned up by quarry
- Very large victim for fish-eating bird
- Raptor like this regurgitated its food
- Raptor thus brought up its food
- Fish-eater laying egg by small quarry
- For one fishing, nothing right in salmon river
- Bird, in consequence, turned up over quarry
- Bird seen by seaman with its victim?
- Very large game bird
- Bird returns like this to quarry
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The straight part
We know that "Raptor" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case raptor = osprey.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OSPREY mean?
OSPREY noun- A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
- Aigrette (ornamental feather)