- auditory tentacle
- Tentaculocyst Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst, n. [Tentaculum + cyst.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the auditory organs of certain medus[ae]; -- called also {auditory tentacle}. [1913 Webster]
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