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Huge bird with two tails seen in low country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morocco

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'country' is the definition.
(I know that Morocco is a sovereign state)

'huge bird with two tails seen in low' is the wordplay.
'huge bird' becomes 'roc' (mythical giant bird).
'with two tails' becomes 'c' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'seen in' is an insertion indicator.
'low' becomes 'moo' (both can mean to make a cow noise).
'roc'+'c'='rocc'
'rocc' inserted within 'moo' is 'MOROCCO'.

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(Other definitions for morocco that I've seen before include "Country of fine leather" , "Arab state" , "Country in North Africa" , "Soft leather used for in book binding" , "Book's covering, perhaps" .)

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