The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GODWIT
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More clues leading to the result GODWIT
- Bird arranged twig to tidy up nesting
- Animal coming back with tailless bird
- Wader‘s good sense on westward track
- Flyer good with Z gone
- Divinity showing humour
- Flyer’s energy starts to dwindle with increased travel
- Rounding first of defenders, briefly follow winger
- Shore bird raised tail, having intelligence
- Bird, the reverse of animal with intelligence
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The straight part
We know that "Shore bird" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shore bird = godwit.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GODWIT mean?
GODWIT noun- Any of four species of long-billed, migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.