tentacled

[ ten-tuh-kuhld ]

adjective

1. having tentacles.

Other Words From

• multi·tenta·cled adjective
• un·tenta·cled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tentacled¹

First recorded in 1855–60; tentacle + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Otto’s a friend and mentor to Maguire’s Peter Parker before he becomes a metal-tentacled monster.

From Washington Post

As she makes her way across the planet—shooting at many-tentacled monsters as she goes—Selene will inevitably die, die and die again.

From Time

We didn't meet a tentacled Yellow King from another dimension.

From The Daily Beast

As the sports page has gone digital, its "free advertising" has tentacled out even further.

From The Daily Beast

But they paid no present attention to him or to the small tentacled animals.

From Project Gutenberg

Great sea slugs crawled about on the bottom with gigantic starfish, and actiniae of vivid colours spread their tentacled blossoms.

From Project Gutenberg

The solitary individuals rise three or four inches by a nearly straight stalk, surmounted by a many-tentacled head.

From Project Gutenberg

Somehow, the two young ladies felt the chilly presence of a tentacled fish out of water, that was wholly inexplicable.

From Project Gutenberg

It has large claws in which it holds anemones, tentacled sea animals with no power of motion.

From Project Gutenberg