The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FALCON
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More clues leading to the result FALCON
- Bird caught on Cornish river to the west
- Rook by Cornish river is a high-flyer
- Calf moving about on bird of prey
- Bird, loud, a large rook
- Criminal chasing fellow gangster gets bird
- Short trip to study bird
- Bird flu affects little children, only not at first
- Bird in brief dive, gull
- Bird entrails, but not of rook
- Cannon left loaded, the French way
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The straight part
We know that "bird" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bird = falcon.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FALCON mean?
FALCON noun- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
- A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.
- To hunt with a falcon or falcons.