Definition of "tentacula" []

• Plural form of tentaculum. (noun)

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• "Each polypus, though closely united to its brethren, has a distinct mouth, body, and tentacula."
• "Dr. Johnson, to be sure, commends the habit of "browsing" in libraries; and this will do very well for those whose memory clinches, like the tentacula of zoöphytes, around every particle of nourishment that comes within its reach."
• "The crinoids are an early and simple form of the large family of star-fishes; the animal is little more than a stomach, surrounded by tentacula to provide itself with food, and mounted upon a many-jointed stalk, so as to resemble a flower upon its stem."