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- Dictionaryten·ta·cle/ˈten(t)ək(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a slender, flexible limb or appendage in an animal, especially around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping or moving about, or bearing sense organs.
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one of the long, thin parts like arms of some sea animals, used for feeling and holding things, catching food, or moving. Dolucan/iStock/Getty Image Plus/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Miscellaneous animal body parts. back end. blowhole. bobtail. caudate. claw. dorsal fin. dorsally. giblets. gill. hindquarters. pouched.
The meaning of TENTACLE is any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by invertebrate animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth. How to use tentacle in a sentence.
A narrow, flexible, unjointed part extending from the body of certain animals, such as an octopus, jellyfish, or sea anemone. Tentacles are used for feeling, grasping, or moving.
In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work mainly like muscular hydrostats. Most forms of tentacles are used for grasping and feeding.
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. Collins English Dictionary.
TENTACLE meaning: 1. one of the long, thin parts like arms of some sea animals, used for feeling and holding things…. Learn more.
A tentacle is long, ropey thing that sticks out of an animal’s face. You probably think they’re gross. Octopuses probably think they’re cute. You can use the word tentacle when referring to all kinds of things that grasp and hold, not just slithery creatures like octopi and jellyfish.
tentacles. [plural] (usually disapproving) the influence that a large place, organization or system has and that is hard to avoid. The tentacles of satellite television are spreading even wider. Word Origin. See tentacle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: tentacle.
tentacle. noun. /ˈtɛntɪkl/ [countable] a long, thin part of the body of some creatures, such as squid, used for feeling or holding things, for moving, or for getting food (figurative) Tentacles of fear closed around her body. Want to learn more?
1. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, esp. invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
