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Words with a similar base: tentacle

'tentacle'

[tentacle.n.01] as in: something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold

Examples:
caught in the tentacles of organized crime

'tentacle'

[tentacle.n.02] as in: any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion

Origins

					tentacle (English)
└── tentaculum (Latin)
    └── tento (Latin)