tentacle

[ten´tah-k'l]

a slender, whiplike appendage in animals that may function in prehension and feeding or as a sense organ.

ten·ta·cle

(ten'tă-kĕl),

A slender process for feeling, prehension, or locomotion in invertebrates.

[Mod. L. tentaculum, a feeler, fr. tento, to feel]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

ten·ta·cle

(ten'tă-kĕl)

A slender process for feeling, prehension, or locomotion in invertebrates.

[Mod. L. tentaculum, a feeler, fr. tento, to feel]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

tentacle

any long slender organ of touch or attachment.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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