if it has suckers on it (you know, like the magnets on yer fridge) it's a tentacle. If it has fingers on it, it may be an arm. of course there are also things called "an arm of the sea" "armageddon" and "armoire".
ah, well. Art
>
> From: Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/05/22 Sat AM 11:47:38 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Cephalopod Question
>
> Hello folks,
>
> Could one of you savvy malacologists please tell me what's the
> difference between a tentacle and an arm?
>
> I mean a cephalopod tentacle and a cephalopod arm. I may not know grits
> from granola, but I can tell my arm from a tentacle.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Ellen
>
>
> Bumper sticker I spotted last week:
> "CTHULHU FOR PRESIDENT; Why Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils?"
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