| tentacle | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. tentacle | something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold.; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime" |
| ~ grasp, grip | an intellectual hold or understanding.; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp" |
| n. (animal) | 2. tentacle | 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. |
| ~ feeler, antenna | one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste. |
| ~ barbel, feeler | slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish. |
| ~ appendage, outgrowth, process | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.; "a bony process" |
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