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Fear movement of adder (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dread

'fear' is the definition.
(I know that dread is a type of fear)

'movement of adder' is the wordplay.
'movement of' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'movement' mean this (letters move around)).
'adder' with letters rearranged gives 'DREAD'.

(Other definitions for dread that I've seen before include "Adder (anag)" , "Frightful" , "alarm" , "Be afraid of - anxiety" , "Trepidation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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