Noun:

लता-तंतु, स्पर्श-सूत्र, मूंछ,

tentacle's Usage Examples:

e, Siphon with branched grappling tentacle, f.

- Vacuolated Endoderm Cells of cartilaginous consistence from the axis of the tentacle of a Medusa (Cunina).

From the ring-canal are given off tentacle-canals which run down the axis of each tentacle; in many cases, however, the cavity of the tentacle is obliterated and instead of a canal the tentacle contains a solid core of endoderm.

Posterior cephalic tentacle; and b, the eyes.

As a result of this extension of the umbrellar margin, all structures belonging to this region, namely, the ring-canal, the nerve-rings, and the rim of thickened ectoderm, do not run an even course, but are thrown into festoons, caught up under the insertion of each tentacle in such a way that the ring-canal and its accompaniments form in each notch of the umbrellar margin an inverted V, the apex of which corresponds to the insertion of the tentacle; in some cases the limbs of the V may run for some distance parallel to one another, and may be fused into one, giving a figure better compared to an inverted Y.

Foot with anterior transverse groove; a posterior pallial tentacle; generally burrowing.

tentacles are hollow; but in some cases the tentacle may become solid by obliteration of its cavity.

The athorome of Physophora, 'c., consisting of siphon, tentacle, one or more palpons with palpacles, and one or more gonophores.

From the broader portion of the planula an outgrowth arises which becomes the first tentacle of the cormus.

The base of a tentacle bisected in the middle line.

Synonyms:

grasp, grip,

Antonyms:

devolution, increase, irreversible process,