American shot African lion (11)
I believe the answer is:
californian
'american' is the definition.
(Californian is an example)
'shot african lion' is the wordplay.
'shot' indicates an anagram.
'african'+'lion'='africanlion'
'africanlion' anagrammed gives 'CALIFORNIAN'.
(Other definitions for californian that I've seen before include "Western state" , "Of an American state" , "like Zinfandel?" , "from part of America" .)