sticky tentacles
Adhesive grasping limbs
Sticky tentacles are appendages covered in adhesive substances, typically found on creatures like octopuses, squid, or jellyfish, used to capture prey or cling to surfaces.
The phrase often appears in nature documentaries, horror fiction, and video games: The creature's sticky tentacles wrapped around its victim.
Figuratively, sticky tentacles can describe anything that spreads and grips persistently—corporate influence, bureaucracy, or corruption: The company's sticky tentacles reached into every corner of the industry.
- suckerEasily fooled person
- slimeThick wet gunk
- octopusEight-limbed sea mollusk
- jellyfishDrifting marine stinger
- gripSecure manual hold
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sticky tentaclesjointed legs
Limbs with flexible segments
hard shell · bony plates · feathered wings · retractable claws
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