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
The plastic receiver, referred to as the white stylet in court documents, could be cut to size by doctors.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
The stylet is akin to a tiny syringe evolved to penetrate skin and suck up blood from beneath.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2020
If you review the film, you can see the long, sharp stylet in the tardigrade’s head.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
We then let the shutter fall, when the little stylet will inscribe a certain number of vibrations.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 by Various
