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Asian animal, not European, is seen in river (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tigris

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'river' is the definition.
(I know that Tigris is a river)

'asian animal not european is' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'is' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'seen in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tigris that I've seen before include "Tributary of the Euphrates River" , "flower of Iraq" , "River of Turkey/Iraq" , "River of Baghdad" , "Major tributary of the Euphrates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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