tentaculi-|tɛnˈtækjʊlɪ|Combining form of mod.L. tentaculum, used in zoological terms. tenˌtaculiˈbranchiate[L. branchiæ gills], a. of or pertaining to the Tentaculibranchia, i.e. the Bryozoa or Polyzoa, regarded (by Lankester 1877) as a class of the branch Lipocephala of the phylum Mollusca; n. a member of this class. tenˈtaculiˌcyst= tentaculocyst; hence tenˌtaculiˈcystica.tenˈtaculiforma., having the form or appearance of a tentacle. tentacuˈligerousa.[-gerous], = next.1902Cassell's Encycl.Dict., Suppl., *Tentaculibranchiate.1891Cent.Dict., *Tentaculicyst.1837Penny Cycl. IX. 258/1 It..gives exit to *tentaculiform cirrhi.1880W. S. Kent Infusoria I. 396 A prolonged tentaculiform appendage.1877Huxley Anat.Inv.Anim. iii. 174, m. *tentaculigerous canal.