noun · rare

tentacle

tentacle · tentacles

щупальце

Tentakel, Fühler, Fangarm

An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus…An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

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/ˈtɛntəkəl/

» It has a slight resemblance to an octopus's tentacle.

Трохи схоже на щупальце восьминога.

Meaning

5 senses

An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth.
Tentakel, Fangarm
щу́пальцеščúpalʹce
щу́пальцеščúpalʹce
One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
Tentakel
(figuratively)An insidious reach or influence.
the tentacles of the criminal underworld
Tentakel, Fühler
(figuratively)Something like a zoological limb.
(UK, historical)An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link.

More definitions

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
something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold

Examples

27 sentences

It has a slight resemblance to an octopus's tentacle.
Трохи схоже на щупальце восьминога.
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Most animals with tentacles are invertebrates.
ruБольшинство животных с щупальцами являются беспозвоночными.
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Ziri cut off the alien's tentacle.
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How many tentacles does an octopus have?
ruСколько щупалец у осьминога?
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Mary drew a lot of tentacle porn.
deMary hat viel Tentakel-Porn gezeichnet.
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