Critter on a Ring Dings box (5)

I believe the answer is:

drake

(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "Nick" , "Male billed" , "English circumnavigator, d. 1596" , "might be after a duck?" , "adventurer from Devon" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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