Noun: tentacle ten-ti-kul
- 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
"The octopus used its tentacles to explore the ocean floor"
- Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
"caught in the tentacles of organized crime"
Derived forms: tentacles
Type of: appendage, grasp, grip, outgrowth, process
Encyclopedia: Tentacle