African carnivore (5)
I believe the answer is:
hyena
'african carnivore' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for hyena that I've seen before include "Dog-like animal with laughter-like howl" , "Carrion-feeding carnivore" , "Spotted scavenger" , "One laughs loud" , "African scavenger" .)