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STYLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stylet mean?
• STYLET (noun)
The noun STYLET has 1 sense:
1. small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade
Familiarity information: STYLET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("stylet" is a kind of...):
style (a slender bristlelike or tubular process)
Holonyms ("stylet" is a part of...):
tardigrade (an arthropod of the division Tardigrada)
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