lancet

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lancet (noun; Latin lancea, light spear): 1. Any piercing structure.

2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) a. In Hymentoptera, the first valvulae. b. The first gonapophyses of Apis.

3. (NEMATA) Small teeth in the buccal cavity of some nematodes.