щу́пальце — meaning in English

English meaning

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

Senses

щу́пальце is used for these senses in English:

• feeler (anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
• tentacle (zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

feeler — full definition

1. noun Someone or something that feels.
2. noun An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
3. noun Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
4. noun a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself

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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