tentacle
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tentacle
- /ˈtɛntəkəl/
- /ˈtɛntɪkəl/
Where it comes from
From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum.
noun tentacles
- An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid. With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle, that slid wriggling down the ladder.
- One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
- An insidious reach or influence. the tentacles of the criminal underworld
- Something like a zoological limb.
- An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link. A joint RAF/Army staffed Air Support Control (ASC) headquarters was established at each army corps and each armoured division, linked to the forward brigades by a 'tentacle' equipped with two-way wireless telegraphy.
Similar: tentaculum
verb tentacles · tentacling · tentacled
- To move like a tentacle
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: tentaculum
Translations
Every language
noun elongated, boneless, flexible appendage
| Español | tentáculo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 촉수 choksu |
| 日本語 | 触手 shokushu |
| 中文 | 觸手 /触手 chùshǒu |
| हिन्दी | स्पर्शक sparśak |
| Português | tentáculo |
| Français | tentacule |
| Deutsch | Tentakel, Fangarm |
| Italiano | tentacolo |
| Ελληνικά | πλοκάμι plokámi |
| Română | tentacul |
| Русский | щу́пальце ščúpalʹce |
| Tiếng Việt | xúc tu |
| العربية | مِجَس mijas, لامِس lāmis |
| עברית | זְרוֹעַ z'róa' |
Talk about this word "tentacle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tentacle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tentacle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tentacle "tentacle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tentacle.Cite this
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title = {tentacle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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