Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tentaculum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ten-tac-u-lum
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tentacle.

Archaic

noun

A feeler or whisker.

Archaic

Etymology

From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.

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Questions

What does tentaculum mean?
A tentacle.
Where does tentaculum come from?
From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.

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