"tentacle" in the noun sense
1. tentacle
something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
"caught in the tentacles of organized crime"
2. tentacle
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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