tentacle

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛntəkəl/, /ˈtɛntɪkəl/ === Noun === tentacle (plural tentacles) (zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid. 1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth. 1936, H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles. (botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants. (figurative) An insidious reach or influence. (figurative) Something like a zoological limb. (UK, military, historical) An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link. ==== Synonyms ==== tentaculum ==== Derived terms ==== tentaculiferous tentacular ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tentacle (third-person singular simple present tentacles, present participle tentacling, simple past and past participle tentacled) to move like a tentacle === Anagrams === ectental, electant == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tənˈta.klə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [tenˈta.kle] === Noun === tentacle m (plural tentacles) tentacle ==== Related terms ==== tentacular === Further reading === “tentacle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tentacle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tentacle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “tentacle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.