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tentacle

[ten-tuh-kuhl] / ˈtɛn tə kəl /
NOUN
appendage
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There were costume changes and choreographed dance numbers, even an intro where a moving tentacle flailed halfway out of her mouth.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

We cannot say the same with a straight face, without or without tentacle mouths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

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

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

"Repair-specific proliferative cells mainly contribute to the epithelium -- the thin outer layer -- of the newly formed tentacle."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023

Out from the water a long sinuous tentacle had crawled; it was pale-green and luminous and wet.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Little is known about the animals, including what they eat, how they use their tentacles and how they reproduce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"I was diving in the Clyde and one of the instructors had to pull me out of the way of the tentacles as it was wafting above me," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Iran and the militias have tentacles throughout the economy,” said Victoria Taylor, who oversaw Iraq policy at the Biden administration State Department and is now at the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Despite everyone’s efforts, the tentacles were just too numerous to fight.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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