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Animal arrived then left (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

camel

'animal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'arrived then left' is the wordplay.
'arrived' becomes 'came' (coming is a kind of arriving).
'then' says to put letters next to each other.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'came'+'l'='CAMEL'

(Other definitions for camel that I've seen before include "Humped ungulate" , "Desert transport" , "It is called the ship of the desert" , "Humped animal" , "African carrier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Globe and Mail.
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