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Being hung up, breathless, is something beastly! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gnu

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(Other definitions for gnu that I've seen before include "Antelope sounds as if it has knowledge" , "Creature" , "hitherto unknown, we hear" , "animals" , "Literally wild beast" .)

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