Animal brings everything back to mother (5)
I believe the answer is:
llama
'animal' is the definition.
(llamas are animals)
'everything back to mother' is the wordplay.
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to mother' becomes 'ma' (Ma is another word for mother or mum).
'all' reversed gives 'lla'.
'lla'+'ma'='LLAMA'
'brings' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for llama that I've seen before include "20vian beast" , "South American pack animal" , "S American animal like a camel with soft hair" , "Camel-like animal" , "Load-carrier" .)