Tentacle Definition
tĕntə-kəl
tentacles
noun
Any of a variety of long, slender, flexible growths, as about the head or mouth of some invertebrate animals, used variously for grasping, feeling, moving, etc.
Webster's New World
One of these structures in a cephalopod, typically being retractile and having a clublike end usually with suckers or hooks, in contrast to an arm, which is nonretractile and typically has suckers along the underside.
American Heritage
Any of various sensitive hairs on the leaves of some plants, as those used in capturing insects.
Webster's New World
A similar part or extension, especially with respect to the ability to grasp or stretch.
An espionage network with far-reaching tentacles.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Tentacle
Noun
Singular:
tentacle
Plural:
tentaclesOrigin of Tentacle
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New Latin tentāculum from Latin tentāre to feel, try tentative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From New Latin tentaculum, from tentō.
From Wiktionary
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