tentaclenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈten.tə.kəl/us/ˈten.t̬ə.kəl/one of the long, thin parts like arms of some sea animals, used for feeling and holding things, catching food, or moving
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Miscellaneous animal body parts
- -tailed
- back end
- blowhole
- brush
- claw
- collar
- dorsal
- giblets
- hind
- hindquarters
- nipple
- pincer
- pseudopod
- speculum
- stalk
- stinger
- tail
- udder
- wing
- winged
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Examples from literature
- So, when the blanket octopus swims by a Portuguese man-of-war, it takes a tentacle.
- Tentacles are the things that look like long legs.
- Then it can hit its predators with the tentacle.
- This animal has tentacles with venom on them.
- When a clownfish chooses a sea anemone for a home, it lightly touches the tentacles with every part of its body to get used to the stings.