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stylet

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The female cypris in Kentrogonida settles on a host and metamorphoses into a specialized juvenile form called a kentrogon, which has no visible segmentation and has no appendages except the antennules that are used to attach itself to the host, and whose only purpose is to inject a cell mass named the vermigon into the host's hemolymph through a retractive hollow stylet on its head.

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Quick take

An engraving tool, a stylus.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

An engraving tool, a stylus.

noun

(surgery) A slender medical probe or device.

noun

(botany) A style of a plant's flower.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stylet.

noun

An engraving tool, a stylus.

noun

(surgery) A slender medical probe or device.

noun

(botany) A style of a plant's flower.

noun

(zoology) A stiff, slender organ of an animal.

Example sentences

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The female cypris in Kentrogonida settles on a host and metamorphoses into a specialized juvenile form called a kentrogon, which has no visible segmentation and has no appendages except the antennules that are used to attach itself to the host, and whose only purpose is to inject a cell mass named the vermigon into the host's hemolymph through a retractive hollow stylet on its head.

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How do you use stylet in a sentence?

The female cypris in Kentrogonida settles on a host and metamorphoses into a specialized juvenile form called a kentrogon, which has no visible segmentation and has no appendages except the antennules that are used to attach itself to the host, and whose only purpose is to inject a cell mass named the vermigon into the host's hemolymph through a retractive hollow stylet on its head.

What does stylet mean?

An engraving tool, a stylus.

What part of speech is stylet?

stylet is commonly used as noun.