Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stylet"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stylet \Sty"let\, n. [F., dim. of style; cf. It. stiletto. See
{Stiletto}.]
A small poniard; a stiletto.

2. (Surg.)
(a) An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and
for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called
also {specillum}.
(b) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular
instruments to maintain their shape and prevent
clogging.

3. (Zo["o]l.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike
organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the
ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stylet
n : small needle-like appendage; especially the feeding organ of
a tardigrade

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