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tentacle

ten·tacle

UK/ˈtɛntəkəl/ US/ˈtɛntɪkəl/ uncommon uk

noun

1.

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

  • “caught in the tentacles of organized crime”
2.

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

Origin

From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum.

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