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Class or group of antelopes out East (5)

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I believe the answer is:

genus

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'class' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'antelopes out east' is the wordplay.
'antelopes' becomes 'gnus' (gnu is a kind of antelope).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'gnus' enclosing 'e' is 'GENUS'.

'or group of' is the link.
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(Other definitions for genus that I've seen before include "species grouped together" , "Taxonomic class between family and species" , "Taxonomic group (biol.)" , "Latin class?" , "Part of the family" .)

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