stylet

Definitions

1. An engraving tool, a stylus.
2. A style of a plant's flower.
3. A slender medical probe or device.
4. A poniard or stiletto.
5. A stiff, slender organ of an animal.

Equivalents

Examples

“Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain⟳ the molecular machinery necessary to build⟳ them.”

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