tentacle

[US]/'tentək(ə)l/
[UK]/'tɛntəkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a long, flexible, slender extension or appendage on an animal, used for feeling or grasping (such as the arm of an octopus or squid)

Example Sentences

the tentacles of an octopus

the tentacle retracted quickly.

trailing tentacles of vapour.

cut off the tentacles of the aggressors

the Party's tentacles reached into every nook and cranny of people's lives.

A hydromedusa spreads its luminescent tentacles in the Weddell Sea near Antarctica.

The top of the cloud rises into a jellyfish shape and long tentacles known as “trailing virga” form from rain drops that have evaporated.

An unknown worm attach to the cephalothorax of the algae eating shrimp(Neocaridina denticulate).Just like its terrible tentacle, Scrabble everything ahead it.

slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom.

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