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tentacle 1. any of various elongated flexible organs that occur near the mouth in many invertebrates and are used for feeding, grasping, etc. 2. any of the hairs on the leaf of an insectivorous plant that are used to capture prey tentacle [′ten·tə·kəl] (invertebrate zoology) Any of various elongate, flexible processes with tactile, prehensile, and sometimes other functions, and which are borne on the head or about the mouth of many animals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Capitalism with its plastic facade (like plastic, both everchanging and superficial) is endlessly accumulating, multiply tentacled, and ideologically self-replicating through its incessant funding of think tanks. Clear, gelatinous creatures that normally live as tiny, tentacled stalks on the ocean floor were filling up the nets used to sample the waters. The small vignettes are a guessing game and a lesson in drawing and seeing as a tentacled octopus emerges from a stark oval in a green square or a crescent gives way to a dolphin arching over a cresting wave. |
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