Stylet

[stailit]

(noun.) small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade.

Inputed by Joanna--From WordNet

(n.) A small poniard; a stiletto.

(n.) An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum.

(n.) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.

(n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.

Typed by Beryl

n. (Surgery.) Specillum.

Typed by Geraldine