Chrysalis definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CHRYSALIS, n. The particular form which butterflies, moths, and some other ... or growth < a budding writer could not emerge from his chrysalis too soon — William Du Bois > Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl ... Gk khrusallis -idos f. khrusos gold Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chrysalis Chrys"a*lis, n.; pl. Chrysalides. [L. chrysallis the gold ... and Aurelia (a) . Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (chrysalises) 1. A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult. N-COUNT 2. A chrysalis is the hard, protective covering that a chrysalis has. ... ...
... n. [from aurum, or aur, gold, from its color. See Chrysalis.] In natural history, the nymph or chrysalis of an insect; or the form of an animal, like ... fr. L. aurum gold: cf. F. aur['e]lie. Cf. Chrysalis.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant ... See Discophora. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. ( Ent. ) Chrysalis, pupa, nympha.
... poetry, a lady. NYMPH, n. Another name of the pupa, chrysalis, or aurelia; the second state of an insect, passing to ... 3. (Zo["o]l.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades ... arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, beetle, blastula, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, chippy, chrysalis, cocoon, daddy longlegs, diplopod, dryad, embryo, fetus, floozy, flower nymph ...
... a bright exterior,as if gilded, it has been called chrysalis or aurelia, from the Gr. and L. aurum, gold; but ... that undergo complete metamorphosis. In a protective covering (cocoon or chrysalis), the larva is transformed into an adult. During pupation, a ... winter. N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Chrysalis, aurelia.
... several molts, and is finally transformed into a pupa or chrysalis from which the adult emerges 2. the early form of ... hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may ... astral spirit, aurelia, banshee, beetle, blastula, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, chrysalis, cocoon, control, daddy longlegs, departed spirit, diplopod, disembodied spirit, duppy ...
... See Caul, the usual orthography of the word.] 1. The chrysalis of the caterpillar. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Kell Kell, n ... cut to the kell. --Beau. & Fl. 2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. -- B. Jonson.
... cycle has four stages: egg, larva (caterpillar, or worm), pupa (chrysalis), and adult (imago). Both larvae and adults of most species ... spins a cocoon for the protection of the pupa or chrysalis, which is never the case with butterflies. The Biblical references ...
... is thrown off, when the insect enters the nymph or chrysalis state, in which it remains for sometime as if inanimate ... CATERpiliars. Moby Thesaurus arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, beetle, bug, centipede, chilopod, chrysalis, cocoon, daddy longlegs, diplopod, fly, grub, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva ...
... 1828 Dictionary NYMPH'A, n. Another name of the pupa, chrysalis, or aurelia; the second state of an insect, passing to ... vulva. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. ( Ent. ) Pupa, chrysalis, aurelia, nymph.
... as the metamorphosis of an insect from the aurelia or chrysalis state into a winged animal. 1. Any change of form ... a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages ...