The woman traps animal, reflecting need for food (6)
I believe the answer is:
hunger
'need for food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the woman traps animal reflecting' is the wordplay.
'the woman' becomes 'reh' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'traps' is an insertion indicator.
'animal' becomes 'gnu' (I've seen this before).
'reflecting' is a reversal indicator.
'reh' going around 'gnu' is 'regnuh'.
'regnuh' backwards is 'HUNGER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hunger that I've seen before include "Strong desire for food" , "Craving for food" , "more like a divided jury?" , "Tummy-rumbling desire" , "Physiological need for food" .)