tentacle
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I love thinking of a bag as a tentacle, and with this reimagining of Marakami’s Mr. DOB as a vibrant octopus, I’m ready to channel some Ursula energy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Her work includes creating a removable extra thumb and a tentacle arm.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
"Repair-specific proliferative cells mainly contribute to the epithelium -- the thin outer layer -- of the newly formed tentacle."
From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2023
Each tentacle also contains rows of suckers to help the octopus maintain its grip.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2023
A barnacle-covered creature as pale as a corpse, and the dark, oily tentacle of a second creature gripping on to the first.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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