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‖ tenˈtillum Zool.
[mod.L., f. L. tempt-, tent-, stem of temptāre, tentāre to feel + dim. suffix: cf. tentacle.]
One of the unbranched twigs which stud the retractile tentacles of some Siphonophora.
1898Sedgwick Text-bk. Zool. I. iv. 140 These aggregations of thread-cells are especially found upon the tentilla, where they give rise to..the cnidosacs or batteries. |