tentacled
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- multitentacled adjective
- untentacled adjective
Etymology
Origin of tentacled
Example Sentences
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To the world’s grave danger, so does Titan X — a Lovecraftian tentacled behemoth whose emergence triggers Kong into a violent frenzy.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
In recognition of the need for novel scares, the TV series offers a little tentacled eyeball monster, shaped and smart like an octopus, that zombifies its hosts.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025
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 • May 10, 2023
An inky, tentacled squid stuck in a net can be a messy problem for a fisher.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 19, 2022
He saw its blackness growing, running, a creature waving monstrous, tentacled arms.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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