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Webster 1913 Edition


Vermilinguia


Verˊmi-lin′gui-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
vermis
worm +
lingua
tongue.]
[Called also
Vermilingues
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name.
(b)
A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues.