Very many for example eaten by wild animal (6)
I believe the answer is:
legion
'very many' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'example eaten by wild animal' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'eaten by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters get eaten).
'wild animal' becomes 'lion'.
'eg' placed inside 'lion' is 'LEGION'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for legion that I've seen before include "Part of an army; many" , "Roman battalion" , "Roman army grouping" , "Division of ancient Roman army" , "Countless" .)