\Ver`mi*lin"gui*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. vermis worm
+ lingua tongue.] [Called also {Vermilingues}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.