Definitions
A long flexible limb used by some animals for touching, grasping, or moving.
Word origin
From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum.
Used in a sentence
“With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle, that slid wriggling down the ladder.”
“1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth.”
“1936, H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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