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Disney character: on reflection, hardly adult (7)

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I believe the answer is:

bambino

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'hardly adult' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'disney character on reflection' is the wordplay.
'disney character' becomes 'bambi' (I've seen this in another clue).
'reflection' is a reversal indicator.
'on' backwards is 'no'.
'bambi'+'no'='BAMBINO'

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(Other definitions for bambino that I've seen before include "Babe'" , "Italian child or baby" , "youngster" , "Young child (Italian)" , "Baby with an Italian mother?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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