tentacle

     

Tentacles can refer to the elongate flexible organs that are present in some animals, especially invertebrates, and sometimes to the hairs of the leaves of some insectivorous plants. Usually, they are used for feeding, feeling and grasping. Anatomically, they work like other muscular hydrostats.

Trivia about tentacle

  • 1 of 8 flexible arms on an octopus
  • An invertebrate's flexible appendage that serves as an organ of touch