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Definitions for Tentacle
[1] Zoology . any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
[2] Botany . a sensitive filament or process, as one of the glandular hairs of the sundew.
[3] any of various elongated flexible organs that occur near the mouth in many invertebrates and are used for feeding, grasping, etc
[4] any of the hairs on the leaf of an insectivorous plant that are used to capture prey
[5] something resembling a tentacle, esp in its ability to reach out or grasp
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Words nearby Tentacle
tent fly, tent meeting, tent show, tent stitch, tent trailer, tentacle, tentacled, tentage, tentation, tentative, tented
Origin of Tentacle
1755–65; < New Latin tentāculum, equivalent to Latin tentā(re ) (variant of temptāre to feel, probe) + -culum -cule2
Other words from Tentacle
ten·tac·u·lar [ten-tak -yuh -ler] /tɛnˈtæk yə lər/ , adjective
ten·ta·cle·like , ten·tac·u·loid , adjective
in·ter·ten·tac·u·lar , adjective
sub·ten·tac·u·lar , adjective
Word origin for Tentacle
C18: from New Latin tentāculum, from Latin tentāre, variant of temptāre to feel