A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
"The homeowner called a pest control expert after discovering that termites had silently eaten through the floorboards of their house."
Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.
"The chimp skillfully inserted a thin vine into the hollow log, patiently waiting for termites to crawl out so he could snap them up with his hand."