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tentacle

/'tɛntəkəl/

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noun
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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type of:
appendage process outgrowth
noun
something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
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"caught in the tentacles of organized crime"

type of:
grip grasp

Examples of tentacle

"caught in the tentacles of organized crime"