stylet

Etymology

From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto.

noun

  1. An engraving tool, a stylus.
  2. (botany) A style of a plant's flower.
  3. (surgery) A slender medical probe or device.
  4. (weaponry) A poniard or stiletto.
  5. (zoology) A stiff, slender organ of an animal.
    Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them. 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, page 120

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