Definition of Stylets

1. Noun. (plural of stylet) ¹

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Definition of Stylets

1. stylet [n] - See also: stylet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylets

style sheets
stylebook
stylebooks
styled
styleless
stylelessly
stylelessness
stylelessnesses
stylemark
styler
stylers
styles
stylesheet
stylesheets
stylet
stylets (current term)
styli
styliferous
styliform
stylike
styling
stylings
stylion
stylisation
stylise
stylised
styliser
stylisers
stylises
stylish

Literary usage of Stylets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology by Museum of Comparative Zoology, John E. Cadle, Harvard University (1905)
"Usually at least one of the stylets in each pouch is in process of formation and is surrounded by an oval j Fio. U- . In vesicle of clear fluid. ..."

2. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1901)
"On the anterior face of this diaphragm are set the " stylets"; these are solid, calcareous spines (containing organic matter), generally shaped like a ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"... do. of stylets, near 043 inch. Length of lower or outer antennae, bot less than 0-38 inch, (probably mo'e) ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Dorsal surface brown or purplish ; central and accessory stylets straight 2. 2. stylets short, with swollen heads ; basis of central stylet swollen and ..."

5. Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests by Alpheus Spring Packard (1873)
"... and the bilobate tail (sO- Figure 194 (m, mouth; at, rudimentary antennae; md, mandibles; d, tongue-like appendages; st, anal stylets; the subject ..."

6. Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests by Alpheus Spring Packard (1873)
"Figure 194 (m, mouth; at, rudimentary antenna; md, mandibles; ' /, tongue-like appendages; st, anal stylets; the subject of this figure is of a different ..."

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