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Definition of Stylet
1. Noun. Small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade.
Definition of Stylet
1. n. A small poniard; a stiletto.
Definition of Stylet
1. Noun. A slender medical probe or device. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A stiff, slender organ of an animal. ¹
3. Noun. (botany) A style of a plant's flower. ¹
4. Noun. A stiletto or poniard. ¹
5. Noun. An engraving tool. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stylet
1. a small, stiff organ or appendage of certain animals [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylet
Literary usage of Stylet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"... was wound on the sponge with sufficient tightness to give the tent useful
expanding power, great difficulty was experienced in withdrawing the stylet. ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Caudal stylet obscurely triangular, with rounded borders. ... beiu.v the development
of the caudal stylet, the resemblance must have been still more ..."
3. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"199 (195) One or more spines present at anterior end 200 200 (224) Anterior end
provided with single median boring spine. stylet cercariae . ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1891)
"Possibly, as Burger suggests,* they secrete the material which forms the handle
of the stylet. This layer of glandular, deeply staining cells is interrupted ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1892)
"Possibly, as Bürger suggests,* they secrete the material which forms the handle
of the stylet. This layer of glandular, deeply staining cells is interrupted ..."
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