Coats wrongly spelt (5)
I believe the answer is:
pelts
'coats' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'wrongly spelt' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'spelt' with letters rearranged gives 'PELTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pelts that I've seen before include "Animal skins with fur still on" , "Animal hides" , "Throws missiles for animal skins" , "Animal furs" .)