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Pyriform

Pear-shaped. The term is used, somewhat inaccurately, to describe the shape of those eggs which are tapered towards one end, such as those of the wader groups.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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