stylet

Example Sentences

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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

The stylet growth increments “were closely related to age in days,” the researchers noted in their paper.

From Scientific American