Definition of
tentacle has definitions from the field of zoology
1
[ noun ] something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp

Examples

"caught in the tentacles of organized crime"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

The domestic tentacles even extend to the choice of a major field .

Related terms

grip

2
[ noun ] (zoology) 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

Related terms

process antenna barbel

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

T EH1 N T AH0 K AH0 L

Similar Spelling

tentacled tentacular Tentaculata

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