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

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

His description of the technique of the use of a catheter and of a stylet with it, and apparently also of a guide for it in difficult cases, is extremely interesting.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph