Tentacle
Tentacle , noun
[New Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentare to handle, feel: compare French tentacule. See Tempt.]
(Zoology) A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.
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Tentacle sheath (Zoology) , a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks.