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Tentacle
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| tentaculata
| tentaculate
| tentaculated
Tentacle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Tentacle has 2 senses
- tentacle(n = noun.attribute) Array - something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime" is a kind of grasp, grip
- tentacle(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion; Array has particulars: antenna, feeler, barbel, feeler
Derived form adjective tentacular1
is a kind of appendage, outgrowth, process
Derived form adjective tentacular1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Tentacle, n. [NL. tentaculum, from L. tentare to handle, feel: cf. F. tentacule. See Tempt.].
A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Tentacle, n.
1 a long slender flexible appendage of an (esp. invertebrate) animal, used for feeling, grasping, or moving.
2 a thing used like a tentacle as a feeler etc.
3 Bot. a sensitive hair or filament.
1 a long slender flexible appendage of an (esp. invertebrate) animal, used for feeling, grasping, or moving.
2 a thing used like a tentacle as a feeler etc.
3 Bot. a sensitive hair or filament.
Derivative
tentacled adj. (also in comb.). tentacular adj. tentaculate adj.
Etymology
mod.L tentaculum f. L tentare = temptare (see TEMPT) + -culum -CULE
ROGET THESAURUS
Tentacle
Retention
N retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.
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