tentacled

[ ten-tuh-kuhld ]

adjective

1. having tentacles.

Other Words From

• multi·tenta·cled adjective
• un·tenta·cled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tentacled¹

First recorded in 1855–60; tentacle + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Grace is the snail of Elliot’s title; she’s constantly wearing a hat adorned with two tentacled eyes made out of juggling balls.

From Los Angeles Times

The furred and the hoofed, the feathered and the chaotically tentacled roam, slither and sometimes howl in “The Animal Kingdom,” an amusing what-if French fantasy with a touch of comedy and some glints of horror.

From New York Times

Reefs are vibrant, living structures laid down over time by tiny tentacled animals.

From Science Magazine

Drive northwest out of Houston, and as cow pastures wrestle back the flat expanse from the city’s tentacled sprawl, there arise along the road, suddenly, improbably, many, many cricket fields.

From New York Times

The researchers are still working to describe dozens of Castle Bank fossils in greater detail, including the tube-dwelling tentacled creature and the animal that resembles a possible marine precursor to insects.

From Scientific American