chrysalis

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Synonyms: chrysalid, chrysalids, physalis, chryseis, chrysaloid, corydalis, chrysalides, chrysalises, chrysiasis, chrysis, chrysazin

Antonyms: chrysalid, chrysalids, physalis, chryseis, chrysaloid, corydalis, chrysalides, chrysalises, chrysiasis, chrysis, chrysazin

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Noun

1. A [[butterfly]] [[pupa]] or the [[pupal]] [[stage]] of the [[butterfly]] [[lifestyle]]; {{lb|en|originally}} [[any]] [[pupal]] [[stage]] of [[any]] [[insect]] wherein the [[pupa]] is [[largely]] [[inactive]] and [[take]]s no [[food]].
2. The [[bare]] [[hanging]] [[cocoon]] of [[butterfly]] [[pupa]]e; {{lb|en|originally}} [[any]] [[cocoon]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} Any [[limiting]] [[environment]] or [[situation]] [[escape]]d during one's [[growth]] or [[development]] in the [[manner]] of a [[butterfly]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[form]] a chrysalis or [[cocoon]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[metamorphize]], to [[undergo]] [[metamorphosis]], to [[transform]].

Proper noun

1. A hypothetical former [[moon]] of [[Saturn]], whose gravitational influence is proposed as the source of Saturn's [[inclination]] and near-[[resonance]] with [[Uranus]], and whose destruction by gravitational [[disruption]] is proposed as the source of Saturn's [[rings]].
2. {{lb|en|spacecraft|rocketry}} A proposed [[generation ship]], which would use [[fusion rocket]]s and take 400 years to travel from the [[Sun]] to [[Alpha Centauri]]. See [https://www.projecthyperion.org/ PROJECT HYPERION] and {{w|Project Hyperion (interstellar)}}.

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