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Animal is in good French environment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bison

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'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'is in good french environment' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'is' is found in the answer.
'good' could be 'bon' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'bon' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bison that I've seen before include "Wild ox of the prairies" , "Large shaggy-maned animal" , "US wild ox" , "Shaggy-haired wild ox" , "It's a buffalo in America" .)

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