Meanings
adjectiveovopyriform (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving a shape in between that of an egg and a pear.
The larva is an elongate ovopyriform hexapod, with a long terminal capitulum; it measures 0.6 mm. from tip of hypostome to posterior extremity, but gorged larvae attain to 4 mm. by 2 mm., and are then nearly oval.
1923 April 14, W. L. Curtis, Martha E. Curtis, “Otiobiosis, the Ear Tick Disease”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 80, number 15, Chicago, I.L.: American Medical Association, page 1053
Origin
From ovo- (“egg”) + pyriform (“pear-shaped”).
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