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
- 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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