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

Without the larger reimbursement from installing the pink stylet, doctors would take a wash when purchasing the devices to begin with, making the set harder to sell.

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

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

The axle upon which the wheel, T, is keyed is prolonged, on the side opposite e, by a threaded part, a, which actuates a stylet, g.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 by Various