tentaculites

[Mod. Lat. tentacul (um); Paleontol.: A genus of organisms, generally referred to the Annelid a, but stated by S. P. Woodward, ., to be more properly cla ed under the Pteropod a, or perhaps with Orthoceras (q. v.). There is a straight conical shelly tube, annulated and sometimes striated. The walls of the shell are thin, and it is open at the thick end. Found in the Silurian and Devonian rocks. Tentaculites annu lat us is a characteristic Lower Silurian fo il. těn-tăc-u-lŭm ( pl. těn-tăc-u-la), s. [Latin, from ten to to feel, to try.] The same as TENTACLE (q. v.). *tent'-age (age as ig), subst . [Eng. tent (1), s.; -age.] A collection of tents; an encampment. "Upon the mount the king his tentage fixed." Drayton: Barons Wars, ii. 15. *ten-ta-tion, *ten-ta-ci-on, s. [Lat. tentatio , from tent at us , pa. par. of ten to to try.] [TEMPTA TION.] Trial, temptation. "If at any time through the frailty of our wretched nature and the violence of tentation , we be drawn into a sinful action, yet let us take heed of being leavened with wickedne ."-Bp. Hall : Remains .