Tĕn’ta-cle, n.

(tĕn’ta-kl), n. [Fr. tentacule, It. tentacolo, N. Lat. tentaculum, from Lat. tentare, to handle, feel.] (Zoöl.) A filiform process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic extremity of an invertebrate animal, as polyp, snail, insect, crab, and the like, being either an organ of feeling, prehension, or motion.