chrysalis
A butterfly pupa or the pupal stage of the butterfly lifestyle; any pupal stage of any insect wherein the pupa is largely inactive and takes no food.
Other meanings
The bare hanging cocoon of butterfly pupae; any cocoon.
Any limiting environment or situation escaped during one's growth or development in the manner of a butterfly.
A kind of
- pupa
Related words
- chrysalism
- teleiochrysalis
- Chrysalis
- chrysalid
- chrysaline
- chrysalised
- chrysaloid
Word history
From Ancient Greek "χρυσαλλίς".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chrysalis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.