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Tentaculum vs Tentacle - What's the difference?

tentaculum | tentacle |

As nouns the difference between tentaculum and tentacle

is that tentaculum is tentacle while tentacle is an elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

tentaculum

Translingual

Noun

(head)
  • Tentacle.
    • ----

    tentacle

    English

    (wikipedia tentacle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
  • * 1873, , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    • With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle , that slid wriggling down the ladder.
  • * 1897,
    • The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles , immediately under the mouth.
  • * 1936,
    • Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles .

    Derived terms

    * tentacular