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Bucolic painting male replaced with rhino's head (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rural

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'bucolic' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'painting male replaced with rhino's head' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'male' could be 'al' (shortened version of Alex or Alistair) and 'al' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rur' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for rural that I've seen before include "Characteristic of the countryside" , "Pastoral or agricultural" , "Connected with farming" , "Countrylike" , "Relating to country life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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