Cryptic crossword clue
Merthyr axeman is at heart an animal 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HYRAX

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What does HYRAX mean?

HYRAX noun
  1. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.

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