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Shaggy native of South America (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alpaca

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This might be a double definition.

'shaggy native' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'south america' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for alpaca that I've seen before include "Wool-yielding camelid" , "S American animal related to llana" , "Type of llama" , "Woolly animal" , "Wool of S American lama" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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