tentaclelike

This possibly has to do with the tentaclelike, multiply jointed, six-digited paw of the beast.

Cinnamon Roll 2010

Dark black — or, in window terms, violet — it was formless, with vengeful, tentaclelike masses creeping across several windows.

Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006

Behind it, the flesh-eating plant slithered—the le-matya was distracted by the sound, reaching out to the plant, which shot out a tentaclelike branch as if to grab the beast!

The Vulcan Academy Murders Jean Lorrah 2000

Pristine water the color of amethyst was surrounded by gently drooping trees whose tentaclelike branches seemed to be drinking from the lake.

Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992

Pristine water the color of amethyst was surrounded by gently drooping trees whose tentaclelike branches seemed to be drinking from the lake.

Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992

Pristine water the color of amethyst was surrounded by gently drooping trees whose tentaclelike branches seemed to be drinking from the lake.

Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992

The beast reached to the handle of the sword with its large hands, or paws, with those six, tentaclelike digits.

Dancer Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1986

Soon after Jake figures it out, though, townsfolk have been snatched by the aliens, yanked up by long, tentaclelike appendages that flick out of the spaceships and seize prey as easily as frogs gobble flies.

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