stylet
IPA: stˈaɪɫʌt
noun
- An engraving tool, a stylus.
- (botany) A style of a plant's flower.
- (surgery) A slender medical probe or device.
- (weaponry) A poniard or stiletto.
- (zoology) A stiff, slender organ of an animal.
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Examples of "stylet" in Sentences
- Stylet is also a medical instrument.
- Adult males do not feed or have a stylet.
- A stylet is employed to aid in implantation.
- The stylet is small with well developed knobs.
- Electrical recording of stylet penetration activities.
- An obturator has a hub and hook similar to the stylet.
- The amniocentesis needle comprises a hollow needle and a stylet.
- The mouthparts of tardigrades and aphids are also called stylets.
- In these groups the stylet is a hardened protrusible opening to the stomach.
- As it is in the class Anopla, their proboscis is not armed with a barbed stylet.