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noun (plural chrysalides or ~es) Etymology: Latin chrysallid-, chrysallis gold-colored pupa of butterflies, from Greek, from chrysos gold, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew ?aru? gold Date: 1601 1. a. a pupa of a butterfly; broadly an insect pupa b. the enclosing case or covering of a pupa 2. a protecting covering ; a sheltered state or stage of being or growth a budding writer could not emerge from his ~ too soon — William Du Bois ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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. Etymology: L f. Gk khrusallis -idos f. khrusos gold ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n a moth or butterfly at the stage of development when it has a hard outer shell, before being a larva and an adult ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1601, from L. chrysallis, from Gk. chrysallis "golden colored," from chrysos "gold," of Sem. origin, + second element meaning something like "sheath." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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