Crocomire's tongue is a separate enemy that can be killed, but in normal gameplay it is practically impossible to do so as killing it requires the use of 83 Power Bombs (93 if the Crystal Flash is performed). Normally, the game caps off the number of Power Bombs you can have at a time to 50, with the game's speedrunning community deducing that either glitch techniques must be used to acquire more Power Bombs, or you must rely on the 4% drop rate for items dropped from Crocomire's projectiles in order to get more.