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Embarrassing remark about Irish animal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

giraffe

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

'embarrassing remark about irish' is the wordplay.
'embarrassing remark' becomes 'gaffe' (I have seen 'Tactless remark' mean 'gaffe' so perhaps 'remark' could also mean 'gaffe'. I am not sure about the 'embarrassing' bit.).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'irish' becomes 'IR' (abbreviation).
'gaffe' enclosing 'ir' is 'GIRAFFE'.

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(Other definitions for giraffe that I've seen before include "Long-necked browser" , "Tallest mammal" , "Long-necked animal" , "African native ruminating" , "Animal once known as a camelopard" .)

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