tentacle

• Substantivo que designa um órgão longo, flexível e frequentemente preênsil, situado na cabeça ou próximo da boca de muitos animais, usado para tatear, agarrar ou se locomover; também é usado metaforicamente para descrever algo que estende sua influência ou alcance.

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.

1. Animal appendageB1formal

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

   Tentáculo

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

   Sinônimosarmbarbelfeeler

2. Influence or reachB2informal

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

   Influência ou alcance

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscontrolgripholdinfluencereachsway