tentacle
(noun) 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
tentacle
(noun) something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold; “caught in the tentacles of organized crime”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tentacle (plural tentacles)
An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
(botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
(figurative) An insidious reach or influence.
• ectental, electant
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"ta*cle, n. Etym: [NL. tentaculum, from L. tentare to handle, feel: cf. F. tentacule. See Tempt.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion. Tentacle sheath (Zoöl.), a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
