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 (“I feel, touch, try”) +‎ -culum, literally "thing for feeling". === 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 ==== → English: tentacle → French: tentacule → Romanian: tentacul → Spanish: tentáculo → Portuguese: tentáculo → Italian: tentacolo → German: Tentakel