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Webster 1913 Edition
Vermilinguia
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Verˊmi-lin′gui-a
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
[Called also vermis
worm + lingua
tongue.] 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.