Bug a pirate's mobile? (8)
I believe the answer is:
parasite
'bug' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a pirate's mobile?' is the wordplay.
'mobile?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'mobile' mean this).
'a'+'pirates'='apirates'
'apirates' is an anagram of 'PARASITE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parasite that I've seen before include "Organism growing on or in another" , "Organism living off another" , "one who thrives on (or off) another" , "Animal that feeds off another" , "Twenty five dn [LEECH]" .)