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Doctor perturbed as model goes missing with a pedigreed animal (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

purebred

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'animal' is the definition.
(purebred is a kind of animal)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Another definition for purebred that I've seen is " Of unmixed race".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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