Scooter velocity squashed peas (5)

I believe the answer is:

vespa

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'scooter' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
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'velocity squashed peas' is the wordplay.
'velocity' becomes 'v' (scientific abbreviation).
'squashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'peas' is an anagram of 'espa'.
'v'+'espa'='VESPA'

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