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Rodent's sudden movement when dodging king snake (6)

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I believe the answer is:

jerboa

'rodent's' is the definition.
(jerboa is a kind of rodent)

'sudden movement when dodging king snake' is the wordplay.
'sudden movement' becomes 'jerk' (I've seen this in another clue).
'when dodging' is a deletion indicator.
'king' becomes 'K' (chess abbreviation).
'snake' becomes 'boa' (boa constrictor, type of snake).
'jerk' with 'k' removed is 'jer'.
'jer'+'boa'='JERBOA'

(Other definitions for jerboa that I've seen before include "Mouse-like jumping rodent - ear job (anag)" , "Desert-dwelling rodent" , "Desert rodent" .)

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