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Member of the Formidae runs away to wed on deer-like ruminants (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antelopes

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'ruminants' is the definition.
(antelope is a kind of ruminant)

'member of the formidae runs away to wed on deer-like' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'member' could be 'ant' (I have seen 'Member of colony' mean 'ant' so perhaps 'member' could also mean 'ant') and 'ant' is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for antelopes that I've seen before include "Gazelles, impalas etc" , "Springboks, say" , "Wild animals" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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