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A yam raising race? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

maya

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'race?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'a yam raising' is the wordplay.
'raising' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'a'+'yam'='ayam'
'ayam' reversed gives 'MAYA'.

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(Other definitions for maya that I've seen before include "Old C. American people; world as illusion" , "People of areas such as Guatemala" , "Native people of Central America" , "People who built Chichen Itza, Tikal etc." , "Central American language" .)

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