- plural of tentacle.
tentacles
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The tiny snail also has a cone-shaped, nearly transparent shell, a delicate body without pigmentation, and long, slender tentacles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Its tentacles reached into the heart of the Albanian government, with top officials including an environment minister jailed for graft.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Poetry lingers, and its tentacles grip,” the author writes in an afterword.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
They have long tentacles which can give a sore but not lethal sting.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The whale writhes, its fluke beating powerfully against the air as it leaves the water, revealing how completely the squid’s tentacles envelop it, squeezing the whale with life-crushing force.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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