Vermilingua

Translingual

Etymology

Latin vermis (“worm”) + lingua (“tongue”)

Proper noun

Vermilingua

A taxonomic suborder within the order Pilosa – the anteaters.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Xenarthra - superorder; Pilosa - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Cyclopedidae, Myrmecophagidae - families

References

Vermilingua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Vermilingua on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Vermilingua on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Vermilingua in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Vermilingua at Paleobiology Database

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