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Stylet meaning
An engraving tool, a stylus. | A style of a plant's flower. | A slender medical probe or device.
Synonyms of Stylet
Example sentences (4)
The stylet is attached about one-third of distance from the end of the everted proboscis, which extends only enough to expose the stylet.
Includes animals with proboscis without stylet, and a mouth underneath and behind the brain. citation ** Order Paleonemertea.
Instead of one stylet, the Polystilifera have a pad that bears many tiny stylets, and these animals have separate orifices for the proboscis and mouth, unlike other Enopla.
On either side of the active stylet are sacs containing back-up stylets to replace the active one as the animal grows or an active one is lost.