Definitions
small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade
Word origin
From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto. By surface analysis, style + -et.
Used in a sentence
“Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small piercing probe”6 letters
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