Cryptic crossword clue
Staff of authority almost catching water animal 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MACAQUE

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What does MACAQUE mean?

MACAQUE noun
  1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.

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