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Reptile in wrong French river (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tortoise

'reptile' is the definition.
(tortoise is a kind of reptile)

'wrong french river' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'tort' (a civil wrong in law).
'french river' becomes 'oise' (I've seen this in another clue).
'tort'+'oise'='TORTOISE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for tortoise that I've seen before include "Reptile with a shell" , "Lettuce-munching plodder" , "Shelled animal" , "Slow reptile that raced a hare" , "Slow-moving land reptile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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