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Marine crustacean, a sort of lean crab (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barnacle

'marine crustacean' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a sort of lean crab' is the wordplay.
'a sort of' is an anagram indicator.
'lean'+'crab'='leancrab'
'leancrab' is an anagram of 'BARNACLE'.

(Other definitions for barnacle that I've seen before include "Marine crustacean - European goose" , "Shellfish that sticks to things" , "One that sticks" , "type of goose" , "Marine crustacean (attaching to rocks, ships etc.)" .)

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