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Animal opening hospital (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sloth

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

'opening hospital' is the wordplay.
'opening' becomes 'slot' (slot is a kind of opening).
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital).
'slot'+'h'='SLOTH'

(Other definitions for sloth that I've seen before include "one of a deadly group" , "Deadly offence" , "reluctance to work" , "Arboreal creature" , "Laziness; slow mammal" .)

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