Cryptic crossword clue
Old beast thus gets around — distinctive character lacking tail 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word STEGOSAUR

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does STEGOSAUR mean?

STEGOSAUR noun
  1. Any of several extinct herbivorous dinosaurs, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.

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