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

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

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

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