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Bird found in a boring Moroccan city I dispatched (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tanager

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'bird' is the definition.
(tanager is a kind of bird)

'a boring moroccan city i dispatched' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found in the answer.
'i' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'found in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tanager that I've seen before include "American songbird" , "South American singer" , "Songbird of the bunting family" , "A bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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