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Accidentally, I bit a bone (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tibia

'bone' is the definition.
(I know that tibia is a bone)

'accidentally i bit a' is the wordplay.
'accidentally' indicates anagramming the letters (a chaotic or accidental ordering of the letters).
'i'+'bit'='ibit'
'ibit' with letters rearranged gives 'tibi'.
'tibi'+'a'='TIBIA'

(Other definitions for tibia that I've seen before include "Bone in osso bucco" , "Part of leg of" , "The large shinbone" , "Bone of the lower leg" , "Shin bone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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