stylar

[ stahy-ler ]

/ ˈstaɪ lər /

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having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1605–15; styl(us) + -ar¹

Of the three small stylar cusps on the stylar shelf of M2 the smallest is in the position of a mesostyle.
Records of the Fossil Mammal Sinclairella, Family Apatemyidae, From the Chadronian and Orellan|William A. Clemens