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Fighter of an animal, say (9)

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guerrilla

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(Other definitions for guerrilla that I've seen before include "Member of politically-motivated fighting group" , "Such tactics" , "political insurgent" , "One fighting" , "Person who fights as one of small independent group" .)

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