Subdue female elephant (3)
I believe the answer is:
cow
I believe this clue is a triple definition!
'subdue' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'female' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
'elephant' is the third definition.
(thesaurus)
(Other definitions for cow that I've seen before include "Subdue in bovine manner?" , "Intimidate; quadruped" , "Female farm animal" , "Bully" , "Intimidate, female ox" .)