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African animal, shortly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hippo

(Other definitions for hippo that I've seen before include "Large wallower (abbr)" , "African river mammal" , "Beastly sort" , "Aquatic pachyderm" , "Semiaquatic animal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press.
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