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Function in November completely rejected meat (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

venison

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'meat' is the definition.
(venison is a kind of meat)

'function in november completely rejected' is the wordplay.
'function' becomes 'sine' (mathematical function).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'november completely' becomes 'nov' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rejected' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'sine' placed inside 'nov' is 'nosinev'.
'nosinev' in reverse letter order is 'VENISON'.

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(Other definitions for venison that I've seen before include "Deer meat" , "Game" , "Type of meat" , "Deer (as food)" , "Flesh of deer" .)

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