Reptile, ice-cold or otherwise? (9)
I believe the answer is:
crocodile
'reptile' is the definition.
(crocodile is a kind of reptile)
'ice-cold or otherwise?' is the wordplay.
'otherwise?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'otherwise' mean this).
'ice'+'cold'+'or'='icecoldor'
'icecoldor' anagrammed gives 'CROCODILE'.
(Other definitions for crocodile that I've seen before include "Procession of schoolchildren" , "handbag material?" , "Recoil, doc, from the reptile" , "Predatory reptile" , "Old Cicero, oddly, was a voracious reptile" .)