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Meanings of
chrysalis
in English
Portuguese
crisálidas
Catalan
crisàlides
Spanish
crisálida
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Stage of development between larva and imago in holometabolous insects.
pupa
Portuguese
crisálidas
Usage of
chrysalis
in English
1
I had come to think of that borrowed body as my
chrysalis
.
2
Only three fingers of the right hand were in a
chrysalis
state.
3
He struck the only thing within his reach, the
chrysalis
case itself.
4
These sturdy fellows were then in a rough enough
chrysalis
of uniform.
5
Then electric vehicles, Teslas foremost among them, burst out of their
city
-
car
-
chrysalis
.
6
Under this slough appears the firm, chestnut-brown horn integument of the
chrysalis
.
7
The crouched figure straightened, as if unfolding his body from a
chrysalis
.
8
Again, the only inscription is an emblem-a butterfly rising from the
chrysalis
.
9
Didn't you know that a
chrysalis
is the envelope of a butterfly?
10
She was a fresh wonder, even after this, out of a
chrysalis
.
11
A new soul, a soul with rainbow wings, had burst its
chrysalis
.
12
How could she keep this too precocious insect in its
chrysalis
state?
13
In a certain sense, no doubt, the butterfly is safest in the
chrysalis
.
14
The
chrysalis
will bring forth the butterfly, but the two are not identical.
15
His friends are all statesmen in this
chrysalis
of territorial development.
16
Just at this moment the
chrysalis
upon the bed stirred and sat erect.
Other examples for "chrysalis"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
chrysalis
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
green chrysalis
become a chrysalis
empty chrysalis
go into chrysalis
old chrysalis
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Translations for
chrysalis
Portuguese
crisálidas
crisálida
Catalan
crisàlides
crisàlide
Spanish
crisálida
Chrysalis
through the time
Chrysalis
across language varieties
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