tentacle /'tentakl; 'tentakl/ n [C] long, slender, flexible, snake-like, boneless growth on the head or round the mouth of certain animals used for touching, feeling, holding, moving, etc. (動(dòng)物的) 觸很; 觸角; 觸手。 → the illus at mollusc. 參看 mollusc 之插圖。