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Entreat a different animal (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anteater

'animal' is the definition.
(anteater is a kind of animal)

'entreat a different' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates an anagram (letters placed in a different order).
'entreat'+'a'='entreata'
'entreata' with letters rearranged gives 'ANTEATER'.

(Other definitions for anteater that I've seen before include "animal (this one?)" , "Scaly insectivore" , "soldiers killed by this?" , "Long-snouted insectivore" , "Insect consumer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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