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tentaclelike

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ten⋅ta⋅cle

  [ten-tuh-kuhl]
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–noun
1. Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, esp. invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
2. Botany. a sensitive filament or process, as one of the glandular hairs of the sundew.
Origin:
1755–65; < NL tentāculum, equiv. to L tentā(re) (var. of temptāre to feel, probe) + -culum -cule 2

Related forms:
ten⋅tac⋅u⋅lar  [ten-tak-yuh-ler] , adjective
ten⋅ta⋅cle⋅like, ten⋅tac⋅u⋅loid, adjective
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tentacle 
1762, from Mod.L. tentaculum "feeler," from L. tentare "to feel, try" (variant of temptare "to feel, try, test") + -culum, diminutive suffix.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ten·ta·cle
Pronunciation: 'tent-i-k&l
Function: noun
: any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processesborne by animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth; especially : one of the threadlike processes bearing nematocysts that hang down from the margin of the umbrella of manyjellyfishes
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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tentacle ten·ta·cle (těn'tə-kəl)
n.
An elongated, flexible, unsegmented extension, as one of those surrounding the mouth or oral cavity of the squid, used for feeling, grasping, or locomotion.

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Science Dictionary
tentacle   (těn'tə-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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