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Animal pound (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squid

I believe this is a double definition.

'animal' is the first definition.
(squid is a kind of animal)

'pound' is the second definition.
(slang term for pounds sterling)

(Other definitions for squid that I've seen before include "Ten-armed mollusc" , "Item of seafood" , "Cephalopod mollusc" , "Eight-armed mollusc" , "Large cephalopod" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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