Carrying clubs go and seek out exotic pets (7)
I believe the answer is:
geckoes
'exotic pets' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'carrying clubs go and seek out' is the wordplay.
'carrying' is an insertion indicator.
'clubs' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'go' after 'seek' is 'seekgo'.
'seekgo' with letters rearranged gives 'gekoes'.
'c' placed into 'gekoes' is 'GECKOES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for geckoes that I've seen before include "Vocal lizards with adhesive pads for climbing" , "Small lizards" , "Nocturnal lizards" , "Central American natives" .)