STYLET

Stylet

A stylet is a hard, sharp, anatomical structure found in some invertebrates. For example, the word stylet or stomatostyle, is used for the primitive piercing mouthparts of some nematodes and some nemerteans. In these groups the stylet is a hardened protrusible opening to the stomach.

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stylet

Noun

  1. A slender medical probe or device.
  2. A stiff, slender organ of an animal.
  3. A style of a plant's flower.
  4. A stiletto or poniard.
  5. An engraving tool, a stylus.


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