Scaredy-cat animal (7)
I believe the answer is:
chicken
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'scaredy-cat' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'animal' is the second definition.
(chicken is a kind of animal)
(Other definitions for chicken that I've seen before include "Bird, coward (colloq.)" , "Domestic bird - frightened" , "Cowardly - young fowl" , "Informally cowardly like domestic fowl" , "Proverbial road-crosser" .)