TENTACLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) tentacle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   • outgrowth (what does outgrowth mean?)
   • appendage (what does appendage mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • antenna (what does antenna mean?)
   • feeler (what does feeler mean?)
   • barbel (what does barbel mean?)
   • feeler (what does feeler mean?)
2. Meaning
   • something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp
   Usage Example(s)
   • caught in the tentacles of organized crime
   Hypernyms(s) tentacle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • grip (what does grip mean?)
   • grasp (what does grasp mean?)