tentacle
noun
any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
tentacle-like
-
a word derived from
tentacle.
Example Sentences
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Having an extra-thick uterine lining, as is the case in humans, helps the female body keep at bay the tentacle-like villi of the invasive human placenta should pregnancy occur.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
But, am I committed enough to the idea to buy one for $400 that looks like a medical accessory with a giant, tentacle-like umbilical cord coming out of it?
From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2017
The medusa is dome-shaped, with tentacle-like appendages hanging down from the edges of the dome.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
He straightens out his tentacle-like fingers, except one.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2013
These systems revealed their devious and dark ways, ramifying as they did tentacle-like even across the ocean in their efforts to gain their ends in neutral America.
From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
