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.
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