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TENTACULAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tentacular mean?
• TENTACULAR (adjective)
The adjective TENTACULAR has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or resembling tentacles
Familiarity information: TENTACULAR used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or resembling tentacles
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
tentacle (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)
Derivation:
tentacle (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)
tentacle (something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold)
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