tentāculāris

Meaning

1. New Latintwo terminationtentacular
   Corpore 5" longo , 2" lato cylindrico ferrugineo nitido, segmentis 200 longitudine ¹⁄₃ corporis latitudinem æquantibus, capite conico absque appendicibus tentacularibus (Fig. 1) segmentis duobus postoccipitalibus ferme ejusdem longitudinis ac ceteris, pinnis parvulis bifidis (Fig. 2), aciculis binis, setis 20—22 subulatis infractis.Body 5" long, 2" wide, cylindrical, shiny, rusty, with 200 segments equal to ¹⁄₃ of the body width, conical head without tentacular appendages (Fig. 1), two postoccipital segments of about the same length as the others, small bifid fins (Fig. 2), two acuminates, 20-22 subulate, infraposed setae.1843, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Annulatorum danicorum conspectus, page 15:

Declension

Origins

Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin tentāculāris From tentāculum + -āris.

In English words that came into English from tentāculāris

• tentaculartentāculāris