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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.
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Derivative terms: Tentacular
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
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