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Animal found by boy from Barcelona, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catalan

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'barcelona perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'animal found by boy' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'cat' (cats are animals).
'found by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'boy' becomes 'alan' (I've seen this before).
'cat'+'alan'='CATALAN'

'from' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for catalan that I've seen before include "from part of Spain" , "Language of NE Spain" , "From one Spanish region" , "Of NE Spanish region" , "One from NE Spain" .)

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