English-Lithuanian translations for tentacle

• Čiuptuvai
  Eurokratams tai - galimybsavo čiuptuvais užgriebti dar daugiau valdžios. Eurocrats see them as opportunities to extend their tentacles of power.
  Pagrindiniai mafijos "aštuonkojo" čiuptuvai yra teisingumo sistema ir policija, kurias žlugdo korupcijos vėžys. The main tentacles of the mafia 'octopus' are the justice system and police, which are blighted by the cancer of corruption.

Definition of tentacle

• An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid
• One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants

Examples

• the tentacles of the criminal underworld

Related words

• tentatively
• ostentatious
• tentative
• ostentation
• potentate
• attentat
• ostentatiously
• patentable
• patentability