different between pyriform vs cowrie

English

Etymology

From New Latin pyrif?rmis, from Latin pyrum (“pear”) + f?rma (“shape, form”).

Adjective

pyriform (comparative more pyriform, superlative most pyriform)

1. pear-shaped
   • 1835, Richard Owen, Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological Series of Comparative Anatomy Contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, Volume 3, Part I: Nervous System and Organs of Sense, page 25,

     The chief difference between this brain and that of the Turtle obtains in the large size of the optic lobe and cerebrum as compared with the cerebellum, in the more pyriform figure of the cerebral hemispheres, and in the transverse fissure of the cerebellum.

   • 1992, Edward Bayler Cutler The Sipuncula: Their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution, page 145,

     Most small worms have a pyriform shape. Larger worms living in unconsolidated sediments are cylindrical and elongate. Those in rock fissures or coral crevices have stouter and more pyriform bodies.

   • 2006, R. Peña-Santiago, 14: Dorylaimida Part I: Superfamilies Belondiroidea, Nygolaimoidea and Tylencholaimoidea, Eyualem Abebe, István Andrássy, Walter Traunspurger (editors), Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy, page 358,

     In fact, Clavigula is very similar to Glochidorella, differing from this mainly in the absence of perioral disc (vs. presence), shape of pharyngeal bulb (more cylindrical vs. more pyriform) and more robust spicules.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• peg-top shape (of bird eggs)

Translations

Noun

pyriform (plural pyriforms)

1. Such an object

References

English

Alternative forms

• cowry

Etymology

Mid-17th century, borrowed from Hindi ????? (kau??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.?i/
• Rhymes: -a??i

Noun

cowrie (plural cowries)

1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
2. (by extension, dated) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
3. (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.

Synonyms

• (Monetaria moneta): money cowrie
• (shell of M. moneta): shell money, wampum

Derived terms

• kernel cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)
• measled cowrie (Macrocypaea zebra)
• money cowrie (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta)
• nucleus cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)
• panther cowrie (Cypraea pantherina)
• ring cowrie (Monetaria annulus, syn. Cypraea annulus)
• tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris)
• turtle cowrie (Chelycypraea testudinaria, syn. Cypraea testudinaria)
• wrinkled cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)

Translations

References

• cowrie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cypraeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “cowrie | cowry, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1893

Anagrams

• cowier