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Frightful horn is core to identify this animal (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhinoceros

'this animal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'frightful horn is core' is the wordplay.
'frightful' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'horn'+'is'+'core'='horniscore'
'horniscore' is an anagram of 'RHINOCEROS'.

'to identify' is the link.

(Other definitions for rhinoceros that I've seen before include "Pachyderm" , "Endangered animal" , "Native of Africa" , "Horned ungulate" , "Large, thick-skinned ungulate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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