Topic: ANIMALS
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | Modern Latin |
| Origin: | tentaculum, from Latin tentare; TEMPT |
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ten‧ta‧cle
[countable]
[countable]1HBA one of the long thin parts of a sea creature such as an octopus which it uses for holding things
2 the influence or effect that something has on other people or things - used to show disapproval : 
The company's tentacles spread from car manufacturing to railways.
tentacles
[plural]The company's tentacles spread from car manufacturing to railways.