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tentacle

[ten-tuh-kuhl] / ˈtɛn tə kəl /
NOUN
appendage
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Hardware has been a tentacle of my personal style code since, infiltrating every part of my closet, home and life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Her work includes creating a removable extra thumb and a tentacle arm.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2024

"Together, resident stem cells and repair-specific proliferative cells allow rapid regeneration of the functional tentacle within a few days," Nakajima said, noting that jellyfish use their tentacles to hunt and feed.

From Science Daily Dec. 22, 2023

Each tentacle also contains rows of suckers to help the octopus maintain its grip.

From Salon Dec. 1, 2023

Brendan reaches up a skinny octopus tentacle and casually drops the ball through the hoop.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The imagery in “Minions & Monsters” can be ingenious, like the galumphing tentacles on an oversize squid or the close-up shot that goes inside a director’s megaphone to see his tongue waggling at the screen.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

I watched Les Bleus in person the other day, and their front line is an octopus-like marvel, expanding its tentacles, then striking with violence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Along with his Unification Church, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon built a political propaganda empire, which had tentacles all over Washington, D.C., at one time.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

He saw a jellyfish in a tide pool, and the swirl of the tentacles reminded him of the swirl of her hair, and then he spent the rest of his life painting pictures of jellyfish.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin




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