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Tentacle

A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.

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Antenna 76% connected

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latte…

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Barbel 76% connected

A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.

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Feeler 76% connected

One who, or that which, feels.

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Appendage 76% connected

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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Grasp 76% connected

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

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Grip 76% connected

The griffin.

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Outgrowth 76% connected

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Tentacular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.

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Tentacular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.

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