Animal of the camel kind? (3)
I believe the answer is:
elk
'animal' is the definition.
(I have seen 'American animal ' mean 'elk' so perhaps 'animal' could also mean 'elk')
'of the camel kind?' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates a hidden word.
'ELK' is hidden in the letters of 'camel kind'.
(Other definitions for elk that I've seen before include "European moose" , "Big beast" , "Large deer of N Europe and Asia" , "Fraternal American" , "Big deer" .)