"tentaculum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tentacula [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|tentāculum}} New Latin tentāculum, {{doublet|en|nocap=1}} doublet Head templates: {{en-noun|tentacula}} tentaculum (plural tentacula)
  1. (zoology) A tentacle. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-tentaculum-en-noun-0nQHzcad Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. (anatomy) One of the stiff hairs situated around the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-tentaculum-en-noun-Up7UF5zm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for tentaculum meaning in English (1.8kB)

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