English dictionary
tentacle
/'t/E/nt/@/k/@/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
ExamplesCaught in the tentacles of organized crime.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913