stylet

Example Sentences

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The stylet is akin to a tiny syringe evolved to penetrate skin and suck up blood from beneath.

From Washington Post

He couldn’t find a stylet, a wire that goes down the center of the tube.

From Washington Times

The bugs have sunk their needle-sharp stylets into the peaches, creating wounds that ooze a clear, sugary goo; form corky brown blemishes; and leave the trees more vulnerable to infection.

From Science Magazine

Such sophisticated and costly engineering as shell-piercing stylets, toxin-injecting tubules, and explosive propulsion systems seems likely to be a response, the scientists hypothesize, to the armor and defensive ballistics evolved by prey.

From Scientific American

There are traces of other, more-familiar animals, Lidgard said, especially the odd mouth and its teeth, known as stylets, that share some characteristics with squids and lampreys.

From US News