tentacle
noun
any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
tentacular
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a word derived from
tentacle.
Example Sentences
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One possibility is our difficulty in relating to octopuses: Their personalities are hard to read and their water-dwelling bodies resemble miniature sea monsters with multiple tentacular limbs and bulging eyes.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
Carillion has had a tentacular reach in Britain, not just in the running of schools and prisons, but in building hospitals, railways and thousands of homes for the Ministry of Defense.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2018
Mark Guiliana’s astonishing, tentacular drumming alone confirms that Bowie’s last band, led by saxophonist Donny McCaslin, was one of his best, capable of anything.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2016
But she never quite shook Geraldine’s tentacular grip, or ceased to be tormented by her disapproval.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
The shorter arms measured 8 ft. in length and 15 in. in circumference; the tentacular arms are said to have been 30 ft. long.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
