chrysalis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chrysalis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chrysalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chrysalis n pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chrysalis \Chrys"a*lis\, n.; pl. {Chrysalides}. [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. [?], fr. [?] gold. Cf. {Aurelia}.] (Zo[94]l.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See {Pupa}, and {Aurelia} (a) .