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# chrysalis

noun (a chrysalis, chrysalises or chrysalides)

«chrysalis» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The hard case a caterpillar makes around itself while it changes into a butterfly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#m1)
2. The stage in a butterfly's life cycle when it is inside this case (the pupa stage). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#m2)
3. A time of quiet change before something new appears (figurative). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science it is a key stage of the butterfly life cycle: egg → caterpillar (larva) → chrysalis (pupa) → adult butterfly. This big change is called complete metamorphosis. Classes often watch caterpillars turn into chrysalises and then butterflies. Phrases: inside the chrysalis, come out of the chrysalis, emerge from the chrysalis.

### Examples

- The caterpillar hung upside down and made a chrysalis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#x1)
- Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#x2)
- After two weeks the butterfly came out of its chrysalis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#x3)
- A butterfly's life cycle is egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#x4)
- Don't touch the chrysalis — it is very delicate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#x5)
- The chrysalis looked like a little green jewel on the leaf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced KRISS-a-liss. Plural: chrysalises (common). Butterflies make a chrysalis; moths usually make a cocoon (spun from silk) — a common confusion. «Pupa» is the scientific word for this stage for both.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chrysalis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chrysalis/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chrysalis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chrysalis.html) on Mova free.