TENTACULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tentacular mean? 

• TENTACULAR (adjective)
  The adjective TENTACULAR has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling tentacles

  Familiarity information: TENTACULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENTACULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling tentacles

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tentacle (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)

Derivation:

tentacle (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 (something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold)