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Starts to describe indigenous native growling Ozzie (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dingo

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'starts to describe indigenous native growling ozzie' is the definition.
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'starts to describe indigenous native growling ozzie' is the wordplay.
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'describe indigenous native growling ozzie' is 'DINGO'.

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(Other definitions for dingo that I've seen before include "Scavenger" , "Aus. wild dog" , "Aussie wild dog" , "Want a dog" , "Yellow Australian dog" .)

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