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Seeks to identify the animals (7)

Ross

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ferrets

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'seeks' is the definition.
(ferreting is a kind of seeking)

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(Other definitions for ferrets that I've seen before include "Polecats for catching rabbits" , "Albino polecats" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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