chrysalid

American  

[kris-uh-lid] / ˈkrɪs ə lɪd /

noun

1. a chrysalis.

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adjective

1. of a chrysalis.

chrysalid British  

/ ˈkrɪsəlɪd /

noun

1. another name for chrysalis

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adjective

1. of or relating to a chrysalis

Etymology

Origin of chrysalid

1770–80; representing stem of Greek chrȳsallís chrysalis

Example Sentences

Typical chrysalid hostess is short, black-haired Gloria Gooze, 20, refugee from movie ambitions.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the room across the hall she brought Celia, a chrysalid child, sleeping heavily, closely wrapped in an old plaid shawl, and laid her on Joel's bed.

From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.

He traced them from the worm to the chrysalid, in the cocoon, and thence to the moth; he found worms hatched from the eggs laid by these moths invariably developed the corpuscles.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The thrust of a ledge, the eaves formed by a projecting bit of mortar served them as a shelter where the chrysalid moult took place and where the winter was passed.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The breaking of egg or chrysalid is in itself a moving event; for to attain to the light is for all these creatures "a prodigious travail."

From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard