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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

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

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

At about the size of a pinkie nail, the jellyfish species Cladonema can regenerate an amputated tentacle in two to three days -- but how?

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

She landed in a crouch, unfrozen and determined, then sprinted after the tentacle mirrors.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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