Drill into a termite (5)
I believe the answer is:
borer
This might be a double definition.
'drill' is the first definition.
(I know that borer is a type of drill)
'a termite' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'into' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for borer that I've seen before include "Insect tunnelling into plant" , "Drill" , "Uninteresting type of" , "Destructive worm, mollusc or insect" , "creature entering wood" .)