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tentaculum (s) (noun), tentacula (pl)
A feeler or extended structures of stiff hairs, as when a creature feels or perceives by its senses; especially, by touch: There are some animals that have tentacula which are usually situated around their mouths, and some of them even have such sensitive features on the surfaces of their heads.

One example of an animal with tentacula is the tentacled snake which has a unique pair of soft, fleshy tentacles on its nose just in front of its mouth which apparently have sensory functions.

For more information, see tentacled snake in this unit.

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