Tentakel — meaning in English

English meaning

• tentacle noun A long, flexible, limb-like organ used for grasping or feeling, found on animals like octopuses and squid.

Senses

Tentakel is used for these senses in English:

• tentacle (zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
• tentacle (botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
• tentacle (figurative) An insidious reach or influence.

tentacle — full definition

1. noun A long, flexible, limb-like organ used for grasping or feeling, found on animals like octopuses and squid.
2. noun A far-reaching branch of influence or control, especially of something sinister.

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