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tentacle

noun as in appendage

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Some claim he has tentacles emerging from his back, and most say he wears dark clothes and has a pale face.

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AIG is one of the world’s largest insurers, with tentacles in close to 200 countries and more than 25,000 employees.

The tentacles of her extended family reach into high levels of the military and other public offices.

Predictably, those vessels break open so his grey flesh can supernaturally merge into a foul lump of distorted features and tentacles, binding Lilly while a creepy voice asks, “Got a kiss for daddy?”

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Fins flapping, tentacles trailing behind them, their long bodies were flashing bright red in a way that meant, “Swim for your lives!”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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