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Organisms present in dressed crab I ate? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bacteria

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'organisms present' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'dressed crab i ate?' is the wordplay.
'dressed' is an anagram indicator ('dress' can mean 'prepare').
'crab'+'i'+'ate'='crabiate'
'crabiate' with letters rearranged gives 'BACTERIA'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bacteria that I've seen before include "Microscopic organisms, good and bad" , "Care a bit about sources of diseases" , "Caberet I perform for the tiny organisms" , "Care a bit about these micro-organisms" , "Tiny organisms, may be good or bad" .)

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