What is the meaning of tentacle?

noun

  • Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold.
    • usage: "caught in the tentacles of organized crime"
  • Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion. .
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