Husky, say, or another beast (5)
I believe the answer is:
horse
'another beast' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'husky say' is the wordplay.
'husky' becomes 'hoarse' (synonyms).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'hoarse' is a homophone of 'HORSE'.
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for horse that I've seen before include "Hoofed mammal" , "charger?" , "Equid" , "runner" , "Ridden animal" .)