||Ver`mi*lin"gui*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
vermis worm + lingua tongue.] [Called also
Vermilingues.] (Zoöl.) (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.
||Ver`mi*lin"gui*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
vermis worm + lingua tongue.] [Called also
Vermilingues.] (Zoöl.) (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.