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Male animal is last out with carnivore (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stallion

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'male' is the definition.
(I know that stallion is a type of male horse)

'animal is last out with carnivore' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'animal' could be 'lion' (I've seen this before) and 'lion' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'last' is 'stal' which is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for stallion that I've seen before include "Mount" , "Male horse lost in atolls" , "Stud" , "Male steed" , "Mare's mate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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