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Bird seen around Australia, very remote creature (7)

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I believe the answer is:

martian

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'very remote creature' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'bird seen around australia' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'martin' (martin is a kind of bird).
'seen around' indicates putting letters inside.
'australia' becomes 'A' (abbreviation for Australia).
'martin' enclosing 'a' is 'MARTIAN'.

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(Other definitions for martian that I've seen before include "Sci-fi alien" , "Invader in The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)" , "Sci-fi character" , "Green man from the Red Planet" , "One of H. G. Wells's invaders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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