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Animal with twin offspring? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bison

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

'twin offspring?' is the wordplay.
'twin' becomes 'bi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'offspring?' becomes 'son' (male offspring).
'bi'+'son'='BISON'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bison that I've seen before include "Large humped bovid of N America" , "Large shaggy wild ox" , "Kind of shaggy cattle" , "brute" , "Buffalo Bill's prey" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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