Relative of husky bloke unable to speak (8)
I believe the answer is:
malemute
'relative of husky' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'bloke unable to speak' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'male' (bloke means a man).
'unable to speak' becomes 'mute' (I've seen this before).
'male'+'mute'='MALEMUTE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for malemute that I've seen before include "Breed" , "dog" .)