tentacle

A noun referring to a long, flexible, and often prehensile organ found on the head or near the mouth of many animals, used for feeling, grasping, or locomotion; also used metaphorically to describe something that extends its influence or grasp.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un órgano largo, flexible y a menudo prensil situado en la cabeza o cerca de la boca de muchos animales, utilizado para tocar, agarrar o desplazarse; también se usa metafóricamente para referirse a algo que extiende su influencia o control.

1. Animal appendage B1 formal

   A long, flexible, and often prehensile organ found on the head or near the mouth of many animals, used for feeling, grasping, or moving.

   • The octopus uses its tentacles to capture prey.
   • Jellyfish tentacles can deliver a painful sting.
   • The squid's tentacles are lined with powerful suckers.

   🇪🇸Tentáculo animal

   Sinónimos: armbarbelfeeler

2. Influence or reach B2 informal

   Something that extends its influence or control, often in a pervasive or grasping manner.

   • The corporation's tentacles reach into every corner of the industry.
   • The political party extended its tentacles into local government.
   • The criminal organization's tentacles spread across multiple countries.

   🇪🇸alcance o influencia

   Sinónimos: controlgripholdinfluencereachsway

• tentacles plural form
• tentacles' possessive plural form
• tentacle's possessive singular form