Tentacle

Word TENTACLE
Character 8
Hyphenation ten ta cle
Pronunciations /ˈtɛntəkəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Tentacle"

What do we mean by tentacle?

An elongated flexible unsegmented extension, as one of those surrounding the mouth of a sea anemone, used for feeling, grasping, or locomotion. noun

One of these structures in a cephalopod, typically being retractile and having a clublike end usually with suckers or hooks, in contrast to an arm, which is nonretractile and typically has suckers along the underside. noun

One of the sensitive hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants, such as a sundew. noun

A similar part or extension, especially with respect to the ability to grasp or stretch. noun

In zoology, some or any elongated and comparatively slender or flexible process or appendage of an animal, used as an organ of touch, or for exploration, prehension, and sometimes locomotion; a feeler; a tentaculum. noun

In botany, a kind of sensitive hair or filament, such as the glandular hairs of Drosera. noun

Figuratively, anything resembling a tentacle; a feeler. noun

See the adjectives. noun

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. noun

A sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks. noun

An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid. noun

Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold noun

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 noun

An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.

An insidious reach or influence.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tentacle

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The word "tentacle" in example sentences

If one tentacle is chopped off, the starfish grows a new one, making it a model of resilience. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

The right tentacle is recognizable (blue arrow) and so is the pneumostome, the breathing hole (green arrow). ❋ AYDIN (2009)

The structure of each tentacle is based on the Fin Ray Effect®. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The tip of the tentacle was a hardened ball, the size of a large fist. ❋ Niles, Douglas (1993)

These all possess an extraordinary organ situated on the neck, the well-known Y-shaped tentacle, which is entirely concealed in a state of repose, but which is capable of being suddenly thrown out by the insect when alarmed. ❋ Alfred Russel Wallace (1868)

The tentacle could be a great way to scare the shit out of them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So, if Obama chooses the second option (i.e., be just a new "tentacle" of the elites), the outrage of betrayed Americans will almost certainly transform American politics radically and forever. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama will either be a new "tentacle" of the elites (which will catalyze some kind of national "revolt"), or he will be a champion of the people who elected him and work to liberate our dying country (and human ecosystems) from the evil of astronomically rich elites. ' ❋ Unknown (2008)

At first it looked like he was spawning some kind of tentacle, but no… it had fingers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If it really did expose a "tentacle" or some other inherent piece of the plot, it would definitely be online by now. ❋ Dennis (2007)

Note also that Booster lost his right arm hereabouts, got a cybernetic arm, and then later on made a deal with Monarch, in the course of which he uttered this deathless line, developed saliva strand syndrome, and got his arm grown back in addition to turning into some kind of tentacle-monster--hmm. ❋ Douglas Wolk (2006)

"In this game, there are these new enemies called the Lambent, which are these crazy kind of tentacle monsters that can mutate when you fight them," boasted Bleszinski to Fallon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

CP is composed of an α and a β subunit, each of which has a projecting 'tentacle' domain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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