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Webster 1913 Edition

Tentaculum

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Ten-tac′u-lum

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Tentacula
(#)
.
[NL. See
Tentacle
.]
1.
(Zool.)
A tentacle.
2.
(Anat.)
One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.

Definition 2024

tentaculum

tentaculum

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from tento + -culus

Noun

tentaculum

  1. Tentacle.

English

Noun

tentaculum ‎(plural tentacula)

  1. (zoology) A tentacle.
  2. (anatomy) One of the stiff hairs situated around the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs.

Etymology

See tentacle.

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