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Butchered mink, alpaca and llama, say (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pack animal

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'llama say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'butchered mink alpaca' is the wordplay.
'butchered' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'butcher' mean this).
'mink'+'alpaca'='minkalpaca'
'minkalpaca' is an anagram of 'PACK-ANIMAL'.

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pack animal that I've seen before include "Mule, for example" , "it humps loads" , "llama, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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