Tentacle (Noun)
Meaning 1
Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The octopus used its tentacle to grab a nearby shrimp and pull it into its mouth.
- A sea star's tentacle is covered with tiny little suckers that help it crawl across rocks.
- The squid's tentacle whipped back and forth, searching for its next meal in the dark waters.
- As the jellyfish pulsed through the water, its long tentacle trailed behind it, stinging any fish that got too close.
- The curious child watched in fascination as the starfish used its tentacle to slowly make its way across the aquarium glass.
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Meaning 2
Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.