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Animal seen moving around Pacific native (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

melanesian

'pacific native' is the definition.
(Melanesia is a region of the Pacific Ocean)

'animal seen moving' is the wordplay.
'moving' indicates anagramming the letters.
'animal'+'seen'='animalseen'
'animalseen' anagrammed gives 'MELANESIAN'.

'around' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for melanesian that I've seen before include "Perhaps Fijian" , "Relating to one group of Pacific islands" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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