tentacle
IPA: tˈɛntʌkʌɫ
noun
- (zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
- (botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
- (figurative) An insidious reach or influence.
- (figurative) Something like a zoological limb.
- (UK, military, historical) An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link.
verb
- to move like a tentacle
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Examples of "tentacle" in Sentences
- Tentacles are digitate to simple.
- The tentacle is placed closer to the lip and the eye.
- The eyes are at the base of the single pair of tentacles.
- He emerged later on with tentacles and the ability to spew slime.
- The hull bursts apart and great tentacles of vegetation spew forth.
- The lower pair, aural tentacles, provide the slug's sense of smell.
- The tentacles then secrete enzymes to dissolve and digest the insect.
- Tendrils and a few shorter tentacles dangle from the bottom of the head.
- These are probably homologous with the tentacles of the carnivorous genera.
- The Mark XIII ensnared Spider Man in its tentacles and began to suffocate him.
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