tentacle

Vought is a proponent of the “unitary executive” theory, the argument that the president should have unfettered control over every tentacle of the executive branch, including independent agencies such as the Federal Reserve.

It’s also highly intelligent and fast, propelling itself via slick tentacles like a bloody octopus.

It has "many, many, many, tentacles that go everywhere", she says.

The trailing tentacles can deliver a painful sting, which Mr Pace says feels more like that of a bee than a nettle.

If they dismantle one largely blue city and attach it via hooks and tentacles to uncontested rural seats, they might get away with more than that without going all the way.