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Injured eagle in descent (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lineage

'descent' is the definition.
(I know that descent can be written as lineage)

'injured eagle in' is the wordplay.
'injured' indicates an anagram.
'eagle'+'in'='eaglein'
'eaglein' anagrammed gives 'LINEAGE'.

(Other definitions for lineage that I've seen before include "The strain" , "Descent from ancestors" , "Ancestral line as seen in eagle" , "Direct descent" , "Family descent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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