ovopyriform
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ovo- (“egg”) + pyriform (“pear-shaped”).
Adjective
[edit]ovopyriform (not comparable)
- Having a shape in between that of an egg and a pear.
- 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:
- 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.