TENTACLES meaning: Flexible appendages used for grasping

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word tentacles:

General (12 matching dictionaries)

tentacles: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tentacles: Merriam-Webster
tentacles: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
tentacles: Collins English Dictionary
tentacles: Vocabulary.com
Tentacles, tentacles: Wordnik
tentacles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Tentacles: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
tentacles: Wiktionary
tentacles: Dictionary.com
tentacles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Tentacles (film), Tentacles (novel), Tentacles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Tentacles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

tentacles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Tentacles: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)

tentacles: Natural History Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

tentacles: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Tentacles)

▸ noun:  a 1977 horror-thriller film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Henry Fonda.
▸ noun:  the debut album by the band Crystal Antlers.
▸ noun:  a 2009 young adult science fiction novel by Roland Smith and the sequel to Cryptid Hunters.

Opposite:

limbs, appendages, arms, legs

Types:

feelers, proboscis, tentacle, antennae, more...

Phrases:

dorsal tentacles, Squidward Tentacles, Ozric Tentacles, Alternative Tentacles, Bermuda Tentacles, more...

Adjectives:

long, marginal, short, oral, numerous, ciliated, small, like, stinging, exterior, outer

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