hookletn.
/ˈhʊklɪt/ A small or minute hook; esp. in Natural History.
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1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 127/1 Hard transparent horny hooklets around the oral proboscis.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 314 The spines, or hooklets, or denticles of Naked Molluscs and Annelides.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1007 The suckers and hooklets serve to attach the parasite to the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal of the host.
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