Mountain animal covering Andes, primarily (6)
I believe the answer is:
alpaca
'mountain animal covering andes primarily' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'mountain animal covering andes primarily' is the wordplay.
'mountain' becomes 'alp' (the Alps are a mountain range).
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'animal covering andes' is 'aca'.
'alp'+'aca'='ALPACA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alpaca that I've seen before include "S American mammal related to the llama" , "Llama relative, valued for it's wool" , "Andean camelid" , "Cloth made from wool of S American llama" , "creature of the Andes" .)