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Odd shuffling very large old animals (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dodos

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'old animals' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'odd shuffling very large' is the wordplay.
'shuffling' indicates an anagram.
'very large' becomes 'os' (abbreviation for oversize).
'odd' with letters rearranged gives 'dod'.
'dod'+'os'='DODOS'

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(Other definitions for dodos that I've seen before include "they're no more" , "They never got up" , "Extinct flightless birds" , "Extinct birds of Mauritius" .)

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