untentacled

ten·ta·cled

[ten-tuh-kuhld]
adjective
having tentacles.
Also, ten·tac·u·lat·ed [ten-tak-yuh-ley-tid] .


Origin:
1855–60; tentacle + -ed3

mul·ti·ten·ta·cled, adjective
un·ten·ta·cled, adjective
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tentacle (ˈtɛntəkəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  any of various elongated flexible organs that occur near the mouth in many invertebrates and are used for feeding, grasping, etc
2.  any of the hairs on the leaf of an insectivorous plant that are used to capture prey
3.  something resembling a tentacle, esp in its ability to reach out or grasp
 
[C18: from New Latin tentāculum, from Latin tentāre, variant of temptāre to feel]
 
'tentacled
 
adj
 
'tentacle-like
 
adj
 
tentaculoid
 
adj
 
tentacular
 
adj

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