chrysalide

Definitions of chrysalide
  1. noun
    pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
  2. noun
    an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
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    type of:
    insecte
    small air-breathing arthropod
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