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Bird caught in low country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morocco

'country' is the definition.
(Morocco is an example)

'bird caught in low' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'roc' (mythological bird of prey**).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'low' becomes 'moo' ('moo' can be a synonym of 'low').
'roc'+'c'='rocc'
'rocc' placed into 'moo' is 'MOROCCO'.

(Other definitions for morocco that I've seen before include "Casablanca's country" , "Book's covering, perhaps" , "Country of fine leather" , "in which literature may be bound to sell" , "Fine soft leather from goatskin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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