stylet
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Similar to a hypodermic needle, a nematode uses its stylet to pierce cells and pull out food -- in this case from the pseudoscorpion's hypodermis, part of the outer covering known as the integument.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
Ms. Perryman furthered the falsehood by directing employees to say the white stylet worked as advertised and by running trainings with doctors wherein the white stylet was a real receiver, the Justice Department accuses.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Mosquitoes then pierce this plastic with their needlelike proboscis called a stylet.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2020
These tardigrades feed on plants and small animals like rotifers, nematodes or even other tardigrades by piercing them with a needle-like stylet and and drinking the contents.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
Originally the end of the cannula and stylet were squared to prevent rotation of the jaws in the cannula.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
