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Natural realm, in particular for large varieties of cobra, penguin and prawn? (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animal kingdom

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'natural realm' is the definition.
'animal kingdom' can be an answer for 'realm' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'natural' bit.

'particular for large varieties of cobra penguin and prawn?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'cobra' could be 'king' (king cobra is a kind of cobra) and 'king' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for animal kingdom that I've seen before include "beasts in general" , "beastly lot" , "Creatures collectively" , "Moving organisms in general" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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