Animal got nourishment, taken in hands (5)
I believe the answer is:
ratel
'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'got nourishment taken in hands' is the wordplay.
'got nourishment' becomes 'ate'.
'taken in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hands' becomes 'rl' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'ate' put within 'rl' is 'RATEL'.
(Other definitions for ratel that I've seen before include "Mammal's" , "Honey badger" , "Badger-like creature" , "animal like a badger" , "Badger-like animal" .)