The word pairs below are related in a certain way. Can you determine what it is?

TOUCHY - ENABLE
SHAM - STEROID
MICA - MELODY
REBUFF - ALOFT
SCARAB - BITTER
SQUALL - AMATEUR
ALLELE - PHANTOM

HINT:
The answers are hidden in the clues.

Answers:

If you run the words together, an animal is hidden between them.

toucHYENAble
sHAMSTERoid 
miCAMELody
reBUFFALOft
scaRABBITter
squaLLAMAteur
allELEPHANTom