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Animal in an Eastern country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eland

'animal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'an eastern country' is the wordplay.
'an eastern' becomes 'e'.
'country' becomes 'land' ('land' can be a synonym of 'country').
'e'+'land'='ELAND'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for eland that I've seen before include "game animal" , "wild creature" , "One browses in the African plain" , "South African antelope" , "Ruminant" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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