tentaculumn.

/tɛnˈtakjʊləm/

Forms: Plural tentacula.

Etymology: < modern Latin tentāculum, < tentāre = temptāre to feel, try; compare tentacle n., tentacule n., and see -cule suffix.

A feeler; = tentacle n.

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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > [noun] > something with which one feels or touches

tentaculum1752

feeler1796

tentacle1847

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > feeler

feeler1665

tentaculum1752

tentacle1764

feel horn1770

tactor1817

antennule1826

tentacule1835

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 100 The upper lip is prominent beyond the rest of the mouth, and has two tentacula.

1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. ii. 360 From each side springs a long and flexible tentaculum or feeler, of a flattened shape.

1880 H. C. Bastian Brain iv. 71 This ganglion receives branches from the tentacula guarding the orifice of the oral funnel.

figurative.1867 W. Bagehot Eng. Constit. (1882) ix. 275 The political characteristic of the early Greeks, and of the early Romans, too, is that out of the tentacula of a monarchy they developed the organs of a republic.1893 McCarthy Dictator xxiv He had seen only too clearly which way her love was stretching its tentacula.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tentaculum
释义	tentaculumn. /tɛnˈtakjʊləm/ Forms: Plural tentacula. Etymology: < modern Latin tentāculum, < tentāre = temptāre to feel, try; compare tentacle n., tentacule n., and see -cule suffix. A feeler; = tentacle n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > [noun] > something with which one feels or touches tentaculum1752 feeler1796 tentacle1847 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > feeler feeler1665 tentaculum1752 tentacle1764 feel horn1770 tactor1817 antennule1826 tentacule1835 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 100 The upper lip is prominent beyond the rest of the mouth, and has two tentacula. 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. ii. 360 From each side springs a long and flexible tentaculum or feeler, of a flattened shape. 1880 H. C. Bastian Brain iv. 71 This ganglion receives branches from the tentacula guarding the orifice of the oral funnel. figurative.1867 W. Bagehot Eng. Constit. (1882) ix. 275 The political characteristic of the early Greeks, and of the early Romans, too, is that out of the tentacula of a monarchy they developed the organs of a republic.1893 McCarthy Dictator xxiv He had seen only too clearly which way her love was stretching its tentacula. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1752
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