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King originally exhibiting Antipodean parrot (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kea

'parrot' is the definition.
(kea is a kind of parrot)

'king originally exhibiting antipodean' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'k'.
'originally' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'exhibiting antipodean' is 'ea'.
'k'+'ea'='KEA'

(Other definitions for kea that I've seen before include "Green NZ parrot" , "NZ mountain parrot" , "NZ flyer" , "bird" , "Large New Zealand parrot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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