pyriform

Adjective. 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..

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