— tentacular /ten tak"yeuh leuhr/ , adj. — tentaclelike, tentaculoid , adj.
/ten"teuh keuhl/ , n.
1. Zool. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, esp. invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
2. Bot. a sensitive filament or process, as one of the glandular hairs of the sundew.
[ 1755-65; tentaculum, equiv. to L tenta ( re ) (var. of TEMPTARE to feel, probe) + -culum -CULE 2 ]