Tenacious Tentacles

Tentacle

In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work mainly like muscular hydrostats. Most forms of tentacles are used for grasping and feeding. Many are sensory organs, variously receptive to touch, vision, or to the smell or taste of particular foods or threats. Examples of such tentacles are the eyestalks of various kinds of snails. Some kinds of tentacles have both sensory and manipulatory functions.

tenacious

Adjective

1. Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
2. Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.

tentacles

Noun

1. plural of tentacle

Verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tentacle