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tentacle

[ten-tuh-kuhl] / ˈtɛn tə kəl /
NOUN
appendage
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Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

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

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

When she touched it, the root shook itself and curled back like an octopus tentacle.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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