Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tentacle of any kind; also, a tactile hair; a vibrissa, as one of the whiskers of a cat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A tentacle.
- noun (Anat.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.
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- noun
Tentacle . - noun zoology A
tentacle . - noun anatomy One of the stiff
hairs situated around themouth , or on theface , of manyanimals , and supposed to betactile organs .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from tento + -culus
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See tentacle.
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