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CHRYSALIS (chrysalides)
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Irregular inflected form: chrysalides
Dictionary entry overview: What does chrysalis mean?
• CHRYSALIS (noun)
The noun CHRYSALIS has 1 sense:
1. pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
Familiarity information: CHRYSALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
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)
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