pyruline

pyruline, a. Zool.

(ˈpɪrjʊlaɪn)

[f. mod.L. Pyrula, generic name (f. L. pirum, pyrum pear) + -ine¹.]

Related to the gastropod genus Pyrula or subfamily Pyrulinæ, having a pear-shaped shell, the pear-shells or fig-shells. So ˈpyrulid n., a gastropod of the family Pyrulidæ; ˈpyruloid a., resembling the Pyrulidæ in general form.