Chrysalis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A pupa, especially of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in a firm case or cocoon.
  • n. A protected stage of development.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See pupa, and aurelia (a).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A form which butterflies, moths, and most other insects assume when they abandon the larval or caterpillar state and before they arrive at their winged or perfect state; specifically, the pupa of a butterfly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pupa   
    Variant
    chrysalides    pupa    aurelia   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pupa    pupae    cicada    caterpillar    cocoon   
     
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