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Animal reportedly resembling a hen? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peccary

'animal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Another definition for peccary that I've seen is " Wild pig-like mammal".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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