The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GEESE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GEESE
- On reflection, some of these Egyptian birds from Canada?
- Good to learn about English roasting birds
- About to notice, for example, returning birds
- What some of these eggs could turn into?
- Good bishop’s office is returned to English fools
- Birds raised in these eggs
- Formation flyers, those on wings of gyrating energy
- Express surprise at direction of birds
- Birds fancy heading south east
- Grebes seen regularly, and other birds
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The straight part
We know that "What some of these eggs could turn into" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what some of these eggs could turn into = geese.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GEESE mean?
GEESE noun- Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
- A female goose (sense 1).
- The flesh of the goose used as food.
- A silly person.
- A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
- A young woman or girlfriend.
- An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.