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   chrysalis

   /ˈkrɪsəlɪs/

   noun

   • 1. a quiescent insect pupa, especially of a butterfly or moth: "the transformation from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis and, finally, adult"
   • ▪ the hard outer case enclosing a chrysalis: "the splitting of the chrysalis and the slow unfolding of the wings"
   • ▪ a transitional state: "she emerged from the chrysalis of self-conscious adolescence"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin chrysal(l)is, chrysal(l)id-, from Greek khrusallis, from khrusos ‘gold’ (because of the gold colour or metallic sheen of some pupae).

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