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tentaclelike

tentaclelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tentacle.

Adjective

tentaclelike (comparative more tentaclelike, superlative most tentaclelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tentacle.
    • He had stapled extra long sleeves to the suit so that he would have Mr. Tickle’s tentaclelike arms.2007 April 22, “Amanda Cody and Mark Donohue”, in New York Times

Forms of tentaclelike

comparativemore tentaclelike
superlativemost tentaclelike

Origin of tentaclelike

From tentacle + -like.

Questions about tentaclelike

What does tentaclelike mean?
Tentaclelike means resembling or characteristic of a tentacle.
What part of speech is tentaclelike?
Tentaclelike is an adjective.

Words near tentaclelike in the dictionary

  1. tentacle
  2. tentacled
  3. tentacled snake
  4. tentacled snakes
  5. tentacleless
  6. tentaclelike
  7. tentacles
  8. tentacling
  9. tentacula
  10. tentacular
  11. tentaculate

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