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Animals ordered to rest (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

otters

'animals' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'ordered to rest' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'rest'='torest'
'torest' is an anagram of 'OTTERS'.

(Other definitions for otters that I've seen before include "Aquatic carnivores" , "Water animals with webbed feet and flat tails" , "web-footed creatures" , "Water animals with webbed feet and brown fur" , "Fish-eating mammals" .)

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