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CHRYSALIS
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Irregular inflected form: chrysalides
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chrysalis" is a kind of...):
pupa (an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult)