tentacle
(noun)
noun
1. something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
- caught in the tentacles of organized crime
Definition categories: attribute, grasp, grip
2. 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
Definition categories: animal, appendage, outgrowth, process