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CHRYSALIS definition: 1. a moth or butterfly at the stage of development when it is covered by a hard case, before it…. Learn more.
The meaning of CHRYSALIS is a pupa of a butterfly; broadly : an insect pupa. How to use chrysalis in a sentence.
A chrysalis is the form a caterpillar takes before it emerges from its cocoon as a fully formed moth or butterfly. The chrysalis has hard skin that's left behind after the caterpillar sheds its soft outer skin.
1. the pupa of a butterfly, the form of the insect when between the larval and adult stages and in a case or cocoon. 2. the case or cocoon. 3. a stage of development when something or someone is still protected. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.
CHRYSALIS meaning: 1. a moth or butterfly at the stage of development when it is covered by a hard case, before it…. Learn more.
Chrysalis definition: the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.. See examples of CHRYSALIS used in a sentence.
Chrysalis Definition. The pupa of a butterfly, the form of the insect when between the larval and adult stages and in a case or cocoon. The case or cocoon. A stage of development when something or someone is still protected. The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
Definition of chrysalis noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CHRYSALIS meaning: 1 : a moth or butterfly at the stage of growth when it is turning into an adult and is enclosed in a hard case; 2 : a hard case that protects a moth or butterfly while it is turning into an adult
1. The pupa of certain kinds of insects, especially of moths and butterflies, that is inactive and enclosed in a firm case or cocoon from which the adult eventually emerges. 2. The case or cocoon of a chrysalis.
