Animal in the orchestra perhaps (9)
I believe the answer is:
carthorse
'animal' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'orchestra perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'orchestra' with letters rearranged gives 'CARTHORSE'.
'in the' is the link.
(Other definitions for carthorse that I've seen before include "Equine" , "large drawer" , "has pulling power" , "Beast of burden" .)