Pan side in series (7)
I believe the answer is:
steamer
'pan' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'side in series' is the wordplay.
'side' becomes 'team' (I've seen this before**).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'series' becomes 'ser' (I've seen this in other clues).
'team' going into 'ser' is 'STEAMER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steamer that I've seen before include "Boat, cooking vessel" , "Boat; type of saucepan" , "Ocean liner" , "Old ship -- cooking utensil" , "Cooking apparatus" .)