Synonyms for tentacles


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ten-tuh-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn tə kəl


Définition of tentacles

Origin :
  • 1762, from Modern Latin tentaculum "feeler," from Latin tentare "to feel, try" (variant of temptare "to feel, try, test") + -culum, diminutive suffix.
  • noun appendage
Example sentences :
  • The arms were long and had the curved movement of the tentacles of a devil-fish.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Not unless they are touched do they lash about with their tentacles.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • "Don't try to save yourselves from their tentacles," advised Stanley.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • The Martian, if that was what it was, had only six tentacles, three on each side.
  • Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel
  • Personally and politically he was held tight by the Teuton tentacles.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • One of the tentacles reached into the opening and clasped the glass.
  • Extract from : « Acid Bath » by Vaseleos Garson
  • But I'm so hungry I'll chew off one of your tentacles and eat it without seasoning.
  • Extract from : « Acid Bath » by Vaseleos Garson
  • One of Steel-Blue's tentacles broke off and fell to the rocky sward.
  • Extract from : « Acid Bath » by Vaseleos Garson
  • Tentacles gripped at him, the foul, stinking smell gagged him.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • It glided, never, so far as I could see, removing its tentacles from the stem of the pipe.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

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