tentacle

English Thesaurus

1. any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	appendage, outgrowth, process,
definition	:	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (noun.body)

hyponym	:	antenna, feeler,
definition	:	one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	barbel, feeler,
definition	:	slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish (noun.animal)

2. something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	grasp, grip,
definition	:	an intellectual hold or understanding (noun.attribute)

3. any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion (noun.animal)

derivation	:	tentacular, tentacular,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling tentacles (adj.pert)

derivation	:	tentacular, tentacular,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling tentacles (adj.pert)

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