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Animal with an African tribe (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ewe

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

'with an african tribe' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ee' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ewe that I've seen before include "One looking sheepish" , "Dam of a sheep" , "Wool supplier" , "One needing pastoral care" , "Female on farm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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