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Marked low, a poor singer (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meadowlark

'singer' is the definition.
(meadowlark is a kind of birdanimal)

'marked low a poor' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'marked'+'low'+'a'='markedlowa'
'markedlowa' anagrammed gives 'MEADOWLARK'.

(Other definitions for meadowlark that I've seen before include "Songbird" , "Bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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