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

Specialized neurons in the mosquito’s stylet distinguish between blood and nectar, according to a preliminary study, led by Jové, which has not yet been peer-reviewed.

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

Leaves opposite, abruptly pinnate with a stylet in place of the odd leaflet.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers