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Mimic bird, teal maybe? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emulate

'mimic' is the definition.
(to emulate is to copy or imitate)

'bird teal maybe?' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'emu' (emu is a kind of bird).
'maybe?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'maybe' mean this).
'teal' anagrammed gives 'late'.
'emu'+'late'='EMULATE'

(Other definitions for emulate that I've seen before include "Try to equal or excel" , "reproduce" , "Strive to equal or better" , "Try to be like" , "Copy; try to equal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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