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