Starts to describe indigenous native growling Ozzie (5)
I believe the answer is:
dingo
'starts to describe indigenous native growling ozzie' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'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'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dingo that I've seen before include "Scavenger" , "Aus. wild dog" , "Aussie wild dog" , "Want a dog" , "Yellow Australian dog" .)