Definition of tentacles Tentacles
/tɛˈntʌkʌlz/ - [tentukulz] -
We found 3 definitions of tentacles from 2 different sources.
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What does tentacles mean?
Wiktionary 
- tentacles (Noun)
Plural of tentacle.
Part of speech
🔤- tentacles, noun, plural of tentacle.
WordNet
NounPlural: tentacles |
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| tentacle - 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 | ||
| appendage, outgrowth, process a part that is joined to something larger | ||
| antenna, feeler one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | ||
| tentacle - something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime" | ||
| grasp, grip an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tentacle (n.)
A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tentacle
An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tentacle
ten′ta-kl, n. a thread-like organ of certain insects for feeling or motion.—adjs. Ten′tacled; Tentac′ūlar; Tentac′ūlate; Tentaculif′erous.—n. Tentac′ūlite, a genus of annulated tapering shells, found abundantly in Silurian and Devonian strata. [Fr. tentacule—L. tentāre, to feel—tendĕre, to stretch.]
Wikipedia 
- A tentacle is a part of the body of an animal that can move freely. They are like arms. Some invertebrates, like squid, sea anemones or hydras have them. They use the tentacles to catch food, or to grip the sourroundings. Some carnivorous plants also may have tentacles.
Part of speech
🔤- tentacle, noun, singular of tentacles.
