Arrived with large animal (5)
I believe the answer is:
camel
'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'arrived with large' is the wordplay.
'arrived' becomes 'came' (come can mean to appear or arrive).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'came'+'l'='CAMEL'
(Other definitions for camel that I've seen before include "African transport" , "Means of transport" , "Bearer of burdens" , "Beastly type" , "A ship, some say" .)