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Turned up with mother wildcat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puma

'wildcat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'turned up with mother' is the wordplay.
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma is a kind of mother).
'up' reversed gives 'pu'.
'pu'+'ma'='PUMA'

(Other definitions for puma that I've seen before include "Large American cat" , "International rugby player" , "American wildcat" , "South American carnivore" , "Panther" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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