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noun
- 1. a slender, flexible limb or appendage in an animal, especially around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping or moving about, or bearing sense organs.
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TENTACLE definition: 1. one of the long, thin parts like arms of some sea animals, used for feeling and holding things…. Learn more.
The meaning of TENTACLE is any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by invertebrate animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth. How to use tentacle in a sentence.
A narrow, flexible, unjointed part extending from the body of certain animals, such as an octopus, jellyfish, or sea anemone. Tentacles are used for feeling, grasping, or moving.
3 meanings: 1. any of various elongated flexible organs that occur near the mouth in many invertebrates and are used for.... Click for more definitions.
A tentacle is long, ropey thing that sticks out of an animal’s face. You probably think they’re gross. Octopuses probably think they’re cute. You can use the word tentacle when referring to all kinds of things that grasp and hold, not just slithery creatures like octopi and jellyfish.
TENTACLE meaning: 1. one of the long, thin parts like arms of some sea animals, used for feeling and holding things…. Learn more.
1. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, esp. invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler. 2. a sensitive filament or hair on a plant, as one of the hairs of the sundew.
In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work mainly like muscular hydrostats. Most forms of tentacles are used for grasping and feeding.
Definition of tentacle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. /ˈtɛntɪkl/ enlarge image. [countable] a long, thin part of the body of some creatures, such as squid, used for feeling or holding things, for moving, or for getting food (figurative) Tentacles of fear closed around her body. Definitions on the go.
