tentacle
noun
any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
tentaclelike
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a word derived from
tentacle.
Example Sentences
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Zhang’s team homed in on tentaclelike structures on the injectors called tail fibers, which grab and hold onto cells before the injector pierces cells’ membranes.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023
Down the beach, a family with a toddler flew a kite with tentaclelike streamers and big eyes like a squid.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
The darker, tentaclelike clouds are filaments made of accumulated dust.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2017
Still, the model may be useful in testing hypotheses, Latham says, for instance on how exactly information is relayed in dendrites, the tentaclelike structures leading to a neuron’s main body.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 8, 2015
“Mostly you just turn a fairly unpleasant orange color, but a couple of people have also sprouted tentaclelike warts all over their bodies. As if St. Mungo’s didn’t have enough to do already!”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
