tentacle
noun
any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
tentacles
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pluralof tentacle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It suggests using tweezers or the edge of a bank card to remove the tentacles as soon as possible as they can continue to sting while attached to the body.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Along with his Unification Church, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon built a political propaganda empire, which had tentacles all over Washington, D.C., at one time.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Here you might spy a lion’s mane jellyfish, whose stinging tentacles have been known to grow more than 100 feet, longer than the length of a basketball court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Horrified, he describes the creature the way H. G. Wells did in his novel—the leathery skin, the tentacles, the quivering mouth.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
