tentacle

Noun
  1. Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold (synset 105202443)
    "caught in the tentacles of organized crime"
    is a type of: grasp, grip - an intellectual hold or understanding
  2. 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 (synset 102587274)
    is a type of: appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    subtypes:
    • antenna, feeler - one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
    • barbel, feeler - slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

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