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Definitions of tentacles in various dictionaries:
noun - something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
noun - any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals
noun - an elongated, flexible appendage of some animals
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| The kind of appendages found in the title of a Shelley Winters film about a giant octopus |
| Hydras paralyze their prey with poison from stingers on these body parts |
| Sea anemones use these both to paralyze & to gather in passing prey |
| Unlike the octopus or squid, the nautilus may have up to 90 of these armlike appendages |
| The sea anemone's mouth is surrounded by these |
| Some varieties of cyanea jellyfish can grow these up to 120 feet long |
| Like jellyfish, sea anemones have stinging cells in these organs to paralyze small animals |
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In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work mainly like muscular hydrostats. Most forms of tentacles are used for grasping and feeding. Many are sensory organs, variously receptive to touch, vision, or to the smell or taste of particular foods or threats. Examples of such tentacles are the "eye stalks" of various kinds of snails. Some kinds of tentacles have both sensory and manipulatory functions. * A tentacle is similar to a cirrus, but a cirrus is an organ that usually lacks the tentacle's strength, size, flexibility, or sensitivity. A nautilus has cirri, but a squid has tentacles. * The word tentillum literally means "little tentacle". However, irrespective of size, it usually refers to a side branch of a larger tentacle. In some cases such tentilla are specialised for particular functions; for e |