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Caught feisty male beast (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

camel

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'beast' is the definition.
(type of animal)

'caught feisty male' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'caught' could be 'c' (cricket abbreviation) and 'c' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'male' is 'amel' which is within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for camel that I've seen before include "Humped ungulate" , "Beast of burden in desert regions" , "Humped beast" , "Cud-chewing mammal of desert regions" , "Saddle animal in desert regions" .)

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