Cardinal pride in national emblem (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

three lions

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'national emblem' is the definition.
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'cardinal pride' is the wordplay.
'cardinal' becomes 'three' (three is a cardinal number).
'pride' becomes 'lions' (a pride is a group of lions).
'three'+'lions'='THREE LIONS'

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