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tentacle Definition


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tentacle
noun
    1. Any of the long thin flexible appendages growing on the head or near the mouth of many invertebrate animals, eg the sea anemone and octopus, etc, used as sense organs or for defence, for grasping prey or for attachment to surfaces.
    2. In certain insectivorous plants, eg the sundew: any of the sticky hairs on the leaves that serve to trap insects.
Derivative: tentacled
adj
    Derivative: tentacular
    adj
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin tentaculum.



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