English-Thai Dictionary

tentacle

N อวัยวะ ของ สัตว์ ที่ ยื่น ยาว ออกมา  เช่น  งวง  หนวด  tentaculum leg ar-yai-ya-wa-kong-sad-ti-yuan-ook-ma

 

tentacled

A ที่ มี งวง  ที่ มี หนวด หรือ ขน สัมผัส  tentaculated

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TENTACLE

n.[L. tentacula.] A filiform process or organ, simple or branched, on the bodies of various animals of the Linnean class Vermes, and of Cuvier's Mollusca, Annelides, Echinodermata, Actinia, Medusae, Polypi, etc. either an organ of feeling, prehension or motion, sometimes round the mouth, sometimes on other parts of the body.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TENTACLE

Ten "ta *cle, n. Etym: [NL. tentaculum, from L. tentare to handle, feel: cf. F. tentacule. See Tempt. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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. Tentacle sheath (Zoöl.), a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks.

 

TENTACLED

TENTACLED Ten "ta *cled, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having tentacles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tentacle

ten ta cle |ˈtentəkəl ˈtɛn (t )əkəl | ▶noun a slender flexible limb or appendage in an animal, esp. around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping, moving about, or bearing sense organs. • (in a plant ) a tendril or a sensitive glandular hair. • something resembling a tentacle in shape or flexibility: trailing tentacles of vapor. • (usu. tentacles ) an insidious spread of influence and control: the Party's tentacles reached into every nook and cranny of people's lives. DERIVATIVES ten ta cled adjective [ also in combination ], ten tac u lar |tenˈtakyələr |adjective, ten tac u late |tenˈtakyələt |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: anglicized from modern Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentare, temptare ‘to feel, try. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

tentacle

ten |tacle |ˈtɛntək (ə )l | ▶noun a slender, flexible limb or appendage in an animal, especially around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping or moving about, or bearing sense organs. • (in a plant ) a tendril or a sensitive glandular hair. • something resembling a tentacle in shape or flexibility: trailing tentacles of vapour. • (usu. tentacles ) an insidious spread of influence and control: the Party's tentacles reached into every nook and cranny of people's lives. DERIVATIVES tentacled adjective [ also in combination ], tentacular |-ˈtakjʊlə |adjective, tentaculate |-ˈtakjʊlət |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: anglicized from modern Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentare, temptare ‘to feel, try ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tentacle

ten ta cle /téntək (ə )l /名詞 C 1 〘動 〙(タコなどの )触手, 触覚 ; 〘植 〙触毛 , 感覚腺毛 （せんもう ）.2 ｟通例非難して ｠〖通例 ～s 〗(外部からの )影響力 .