Tentacle
7 definitions retrieved  Tentacle \Ten"ta*cle\, n. [NL. tentaculum, from L. tentare to handle, feel: cf. F. tentacule. See Tempt.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster] Tentacle sheath (Zool.), a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks. [1913 Webster]  tentacle n 1: something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime" 2: any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion  tentacle n. A covert pseudo, sense 1. An artificial identity created in cyberspace for nefarious and deceptive purposes. The implication is that a single person may have multiple tentacles. This term was originally floated in some paranoid ravings on the cypherpunks list (see cypherpunk), and adopted in a spirit of irony by other, saner members. It has since shown up, used seriously, in the documentation for some remailer software, and is now (1994) widely recognized on the net.  tentacle [tentəkl] Fangarm; Fühler  tentacle kar(polipé)  tentacle Fühler m; Tentakel m,n tentacle Fangarm m Tentacle related |
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