The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AVOCET
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More clues leading to the result AVOCET
- Shore bird flying to cave
- Destroy cave to get bird
- Investigator with eggs upset bird
- Bird in a cove fluttering close to boat
- Viv failing oral test initially – wild bird
- One flies to cave in orderly fashion
- Wading bird one’s first caught clutched by a doctor
- Viv failing oral, tense? ‘My beak’s flexible‘
- Bird, old and cold, grasped by an animal doctor
- Some malevolent eco-vandal set about bird
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The straight part
We know that "Wading bird" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wading bird = avocet.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AVOCET mean?
AVOCET noun- Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.