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Word: Tentacle
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: anglicized from modern Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentare, temptare ‘to feel, try’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɛntəkl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a slender, flexible limb or appendage in an animal, especially around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping or moving about, or bearing sense organs.
Short Definition:slender, flexible limb or appendage in animal
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