Cephalopods (octopi, squids) have tentacles, but the Word has nothing to do with the number ten. It is from the Latin tentare, to feel.
An octopus has 8 arms (which are sometimes referred to as tentacles) and a squid has 8 arms as well as 2 separate tentacles, which are longer.
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