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Country housing centre for Galapagos tortoise? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terrapin

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'tortoise?' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Aquatic tortoise' mean 'terrapin' so perhaps 'tortoise' could also mean 'terrapin')

'country housing centre for galapagos' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'centre' could be 'terra' (I've seen this before) and 'terra' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pin' 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 terrapin that I've seen before include "Swimmer" , "A reptile; a printer (anag.)" , "Web-footed turtle" , "edible, freshwater reptile" , "Water tortoise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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