Vermilinguia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vermilinguia \Ver`mi*lin"gui*a\, n. 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.
         [1913 Webster]