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stylets

stylets is the plural of stylet.

Meaning of stylet

Noun

stylet (plural stylets)

  1. An engraving tool, a stylus.
  2. A style of a plant's flower.
  3. A slender medical probe or device.
    Synonyms:
    style
  4. A poniard or stiletto.
  5. 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, →ISBN, page 120
    Synonyms:
    style

Questions about stylets

What is stylets the plural of?
Stylets is the plural of stylet.

Words near stylets in the dictionary

  1. stylest
  2. stylet
  3. styleted
  4. styleth
  5. styletiform
  6. stylets
  7. styletted
  8. stylewise
  9. styleworthy
  10. styli
  11. stylia

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