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"word": "tentaculiferous"
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"word": "tentacular"
}
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},
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"name": "bor"
},
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},
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},
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"2": "tentaculum"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of tentaculum",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum.",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"text": "1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg\nThe body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth."
},
{
"text": "1936, H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time\nSurmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles."
}
],
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"An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid."
],
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"links": [
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"zoology",
"zoology"
],
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"boneless",
"boneless"
],
[
"flexible",
"flexible"
],
[
"organ",
"organ"
],
[
"limb",
"limb"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"octopus",
"octopus"
],
[
"squid",
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],
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"(zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid."
],
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"biology",
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"zoology"
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mijas",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِجَس"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "lāmis",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لامِس"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šošapʻuk",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "շոշափուկ"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ščúpalʹca",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "шчу́пальца"
},
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"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pipálo",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пипа́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentacle"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "gaway"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "觸手"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chùshǒu",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "触手"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "chapadlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fangarm"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentakel"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "kombits"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "lonkero"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentacule"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentáculo"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saceci",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "საცეცი"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tentakel"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plokámi",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλοκάμι"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "óstlinx",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὄστλιγξ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "plektánē",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πλεκτάνη"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "gaway"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sparśak",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "स्पर्शक"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "csáp"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "tapogató"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adharcán"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentacolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"alt": "しょくしゅ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shokushu",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "触手"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qarmauyş",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "қармауыш"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"alt": "觸手",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "choksu",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "촉수"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tausteklis"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "čiuptuvas"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pipalo",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пипало"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saba’"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seba’"
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{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "kāwai"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "wekeweke"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "ngongotua"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "patapata"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentakel"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentacul"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâzuče",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "بازوچه"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "macka"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentáculo"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tentacul"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščúpalʹce",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "щу́пальце"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пи́пак"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пипаљка"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pípak"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pipaljka"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "chápadlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lovka"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tentáculo"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tentakel"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "galamay"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "dokunaç"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "tentakül"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ščúpalʹce",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "щу́пальце"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 5 7 9 11",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "elongated, boneless, flexible appendage",
"word": "xúc tu"
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]
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],
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"_dis1": "7 65 4 5 19",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žílka",
"sense": "glandular hairs on leaves",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жи́лка"
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"_dis1": "7 65 4 5 19",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "glandular hairs on leaves",
"tags": [
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{
"text": "the tentacles of the criminal underworld",
"type": "example"
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"An insidious reach or influence."
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"insidious"
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[
"reach",
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[
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"influence"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) An insidious reach or influence."
],
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"_dis1": "3 2 89 2 3",
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"sense": "insidious reach or influence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pieuvre"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 89 2 3",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "insidious reach or influence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "macka"
}
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"ref": "1948 January and February, C. R. L. Coles, “The Grouping Era”, in Railway Magazine, page 21",
"text": "New extensions into the outer London dormitory areas also have been constructed, and at the present moment the tentacles of London's Underground are slowly but surely extending eastwards into Essex to relieve congestion on the suburban lines of the former Great Eastern Railway.",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"ref": "2013, Dr Ian Gooderson, Air Power at the Battlefront, page 26",
"text": "A joint RAF/Army staffed Air Support Control (ASC) headquarters was established at each army corps and each armoured division, linked to the forward brigades by a 'tentacle' equipped with two-way wireless telegraphy.",
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"An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link."
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