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What is the noun for tentacles?

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tentaculum
  1. (zoology) A tentacle.
  2. (anatomy) One of the stiff hairs situated around the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs.
tentacle
  1. An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A male produces spermatophores that it transfers to the female's genital pore by means of a specialized arm or tentacle.”
      “Steam rose from all directions, billowing into swirls, each a threatening tentacle ready to choke, suffocate, asphyxiate me.”
      “As he dodged to the side, he had to quickly move again as a tentacle came shooting towards him.”
tentacula
  1. plural of tentaculum
  2. Examples:
    1. “The animals are actiniform, furnished with numerous cleft tentacula, in the centre of which is the polygonal mouth.”
      “They have either rudimentary or auricular tentacula, or none.”
      “Each polypus, though closely united to its brethren, has a distinct mouth, body, and tentacula.”
tentacles
  1. plural of tentacle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The pink jellyfish grow to three feet in diameter and their tentacles can reach 70 feet.”
      “A giant monster resembling a giant jellyfish emerged from the lava pool and wrapped its tentacles around Lupus.”
      “The lagomorph's ears twitched as six black tentacles covered in suckers and small spines came bursting from its ears.”
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