单词 | tentacle |
释义 | tentacle —tentacular /ten tak"yeuh leuhr/, adj. —tentaclelike, tentaculoid, adj. /ten"teuh keuhl/, n. 1. Zool. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, esp. invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler. 2. Bot. a sensitive filament or process, as one of the glandular hairs of the sundew. [1755-65; < NL tentaculum, equiv. to L tenta(re) (var. of TEMPTARE to feel, probe) + -culum -CULE2] |
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