| NOUN | attribute | tentacle | something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | tentacle | any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals |
| Sounds | teh'ntahkahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "caught in the tentacles of organized crime" | |
| Broader | grip, grasp | An intellectual hold or understanding |
| Spanish | tentáculo | |
| Catalan | tentacle | |
| Adjectives | tentacular | of or relating to or resembling tentacles |
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | antenna, feeler | One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans |
| barbel, feeler | slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish | |
| Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
| Spanish | tentáculo | |
| Catalan | tentacle | |
| Adjectives | tentacled | having tentacles |
| tentacular | of or relating to or resembling tentacles | |
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