Tentacle

Etymology
From tentaculum < tento:.

Noun

 * 1) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
 * 2) * 1873, Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
 * With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle, that slid wriggling down the ladder.
 * 1) * 1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg
 * The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth.
 * 1) * 1936, H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time
 * Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles.

Derived terms

 * tentacular

Translations

 * Bulgarian: пипало
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 触手 (hóng shǒu)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: tentakel
 * Finnish:


 * French:
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 * Polish:
 * Russian: щупальце
 * Serbian: pipak, pipaljka
 * Spanish:

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