How do you spell tentacle?

The correct spelling is T-E-N-T-A-C-L-E. Any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by invertebrate animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth

What does tentacle mean?

Any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by invertebrate animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth

How to Spell tentacle

tentacle

tentacle - noun

Any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by invertebrate animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin tentāculum, from Latin temptāre, tentāre "to feel, test, examine" + -culum, suffix of instrument (going back to Indo-European *-tlom) {mat|tempt|}

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