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chrysalis
chrysalis
n
L. < Gk. 'gold colored sheath of butterflies'.
Cocoon; silky case; soft shell that covers a pupa in its inactive state; pod of a developing butterfly before it emerges; [fig.] casket; coffin; sepulcher; burial chamber.