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chrysalis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chrysalis has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chrysalis, n. (pl. chrysalises or chrysalides)
1 a a quiescent pupa of a butterfly or moth. b the hard outer case enclosing it.
2 a preparatory or transitional state.
1 a a quiescent pupa of a butterfly or moth. b the hard outer case enclosing it.
2 a preparatory or transitional state.
Etymology
L f. Gk khrusallis -idos f. khrusos gold
ROGET THESAURUS
chrysalis
Infant
N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.
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