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Definition of Tentacle

1. Noun. Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold. "Caught in the tentacles of organized crime"

2. 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.

Definition of Tentacle

1. n. 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.

Definition of Tentacle

1. an elongated, flexible appendage of some animals [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tentacle

1. 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. Tentacle sheath, a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks. Origin: NL. Tentaculum, from L. Tentare to handle, feel: cf. F. Tentacule. See Tempt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tentacle

tensors tensor fasciae latae tensor fascia lata tensor muscle of fascia lata tensor muscle of soft palate tensor muscle of tympanic membrane tensor tarsi muscle tensor tympani tensor tympani tensor veli palati muscle

tent tent tent-caterpillar moth tent-fly tentacle (current term) tentacle (current term) tentacled tentacled tentacles tentacular

tentacular tentaculata Tentaculata tentaculated tentaculifera tentaculiferous tentaculiform tentaculite tentaculocyst tentaculum

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