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Aquatic animal showing mass discharge (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grampus

'aquatic animal' is the definition.
(term for a dolphin or whale)

'mass discharge' is the wordplay.
'mass' becomes 'gram' (unit of mass).
'discharge' becomes 'pus' (discharge from the body).
'gram'+'pus'='GRAMPUS'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for grampus that I've seen before include "Popular name for a killer whale" , "Dolphin - killer whale" , "Killer-whale" , "huge creature" , "Killler-whale" .)

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