tentaculum

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle. === Noun === tentaculum (plural tentacula) (archaic) (zoology) A tentacle. (anatomy) A feeler or whisker. === References === “tentaculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From tentō (“to feel, touch, try”) + -culum, literally “a thing used to feel”. Compare typologically Russian щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce), see there for more. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛnˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tenˈtaː.ku.lum] === Noun === tentāculum n (genitive tentāculī); second declension (New Latin, zoology) a tentacle ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ====