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Animals extract two bones from fat tuna (5)

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fauna

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'animals' is the definition.
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'bones from fat tuna' is the wordplay.
'bones' becomes 'tt' (two T's - as in a T-bone steak).
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'fat'+'tuna'='fattuna'
'fattuna' with 'tt' taken away is 'FAUNA'.

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(Other definitions for fauna that I've seen before include "The animals found in a particular area" , "Wild animal life of an era" , "list of animals" , "Animal kingdom" , "Region's animals" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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