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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chrysalis \Chrys"a*lis\, n.; pl {Chrysalides}. [L. chrysallis
the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr ?, fr ? gold. Cf
{Aurelia}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from
which the perfect insect emerges. See {Pupa}, and {Aurelia}
a .
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
chrysalis
n : pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
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