different between tentaculum vs pentaculum

tentaculum

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from tento + -culus

Noun

tentaculum

  1. Tentacle.

English

Etymology

From New Latin. See the doublet tentacle.

Noun

tentaculum (plural tentacula)

  1. (zoology) A tentacle.
  2. (anatomy) One of the stiff hairs situated around the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs.

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pentaculum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin documents.

Noun

pentaculum

  1. pentacle

Latin

Etymology

Latinized version of the Middle French word pentacle, replacing "-cle" with the latin suffix "-culum".

Noun

pent?culum n (genitive pent?cul?); second declension

  1. pentacle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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