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Insect seen around November or similar? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

month

'or similar?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'insect seen around november' is the wordplay.
'insect' becomes 'moth' (moth is a kind of insect).
'seen around' is an insertion indicator.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'moth' placed around 'n' is 'MONTH'.

(Other definitions for month that I've seen before include "Eg, March" , "Moon's period" , "One of 12 divisions" , "Eg, April" , "Division of year" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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