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Animal has run from rocky outcrops (7)

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octopus

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'animal' is the definition.
(octopus is a kind of animal)

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(Other definitions for octopus that I've seen before include "Eight-armed cephalopod" , "pernicious organisation" , "Cops out (anag.)" , "Tentacled sea creature" , "Cop-outs (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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