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Antelope from the Orient? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elands

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'antelope from the orient?' is the definition.
'elands' can be an answer for 'antelope'. I'm not certain of the 'from the orient?' bit.

'antelope from the orient?' is the wordplay.
'antelope' becomes 'eland' (eland is a kind of antelope).
'from the orient?' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eland'+'s'='ELANDS'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for elands that I've seen before include "Large African antelopes" , "African antelopes with twisted horns" , "Animals" .)

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