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Definition of pyriform in English English dictionary: pear-shaped. Sometimes (e.g. while describing eggs) also called a peg-top shape.Ali, Salim; Sidney Dillon Ripley (1983). Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, 2nd ed.,10 vols. Oxford University Press.vol. 2, p.214; Shaped like a pear; pear-shaped, typically referring to the glabella; Having the form of a pear; pear- shaped; {s} pear-like; resembling a pear; Refers to an egg shape, pointed at one end and more blunt at the other Common Murre eggs are pyriform; pear-shaped. Sometimes (e.g. while describing eggs) also called a peg-top shape; pear shaped
pyriform area: pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon

pyriform

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py·ri·form

() From New Latin pyrifōrmis, from Latin pyrum (“pear”).

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