tentacle
noun
ten·ta·cle
ˈten-ti-kəl 
1
: any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by invertebrate animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth
2
: something that resembles a tentacle especially in or as if in grasping or feeling out
corruption spreading its tentacles
3
: a sensitive hair or emergence on a plant (such as the sundew)
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The corporation's tentacles are felt in every sector of the industry.
the tentacles of organized crime
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Let There Be Carnage memorably had Eddie and Venom’s many tentacles trying—and largely failing—to make breakfast.
—James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Stake his monstrous head and four gray tentacles into the grass and turn him on to see his eyes illuminate and his tentacles glow a fluorescent green.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
Over the last couple of decades, however, all have become tentacles of the same octopus.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
Let There Be Carnage memorably had Eddie and Venom’s many tentacles trying—and largely failing—to make breakfast.
—James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Stake his monstrous head and four gray tentacles into the grass and turn him on to see his eyes illuminate and his tentacles glow a fluorescent green.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
Over the last couple of decades, however, all have become tentacles of the same octopus.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for tentacle
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“Tentacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tentacle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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tentacle
noun
ten·ta·cle
ˈtent-i-kəl
1
: any of various long flexible structures that stick out usually around the head or mouth of an animal (as a jellyfish or sea anemone) and are used especially for feeling or grasping
2
a
: something that resembles a tentacle especially in or as if in grasping or feeling out
b
: a sensitive hair on a plant
Medical Definition
tentacle
noun
ten·ta·cle
ˈtent-i-kəl
: any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth
especially
: one of the threadlike processes bearing nematocysts that hang down from the margin of the umbrella of many jellyfishes
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