chrysalides
- plural of chrysalis.
Example Sentences
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If you spent a week in the dry forest as a child, examining chrysalides and ocelot droppings, you might, as an adult, see the forest as something other than a purely economic resource.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015
In the fall they turned into chrysalides, which I kept all the winter.
From Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
One summer I watched the larvæ of the swallow-tailed butterfly through their different stages, and reserved two chrysalides to develop into thep.
From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth
In March they are full grown, and change to brown chrysalides beneath the surface of the ground.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.
Caterpillars which are about to be transformed into chrysalides weave a cocoon, a very close dwelling in which they can go through their metamorphosis far from exterior troubles.
From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric
