VERMILINGUIA

‖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.