The husk, sheath, or hard case of a chrysalis.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > pupa or chrysalis > case or puparium (14) kexc1600 The husk, sheath, or hard case of a chrysalis. theca1665 Zoology and Anatomy. A case or sheath enclosing some organ or part: as ring-coffin1702 a type of chrysalis or pupal case; cf. coffin, n. 9. coffin1712 The case of a chrysalis. Obsolete. puparium1815 The hardened skin of the last larval stage, which encloses the pupa of certain insects, esp. higher dipterans (in which it forms a rigid… pupa case1826 The horny cuticle of a pupa or chrysalis. hull1878 transferred and figurative. Something that encases or encloses; a covering, envelope; (in various spec. uses, as) the case of a chrysalis; plural… Subcategories:— part covering thorax (2) — part enclosing tongue (2) — formation of (2) — slough (1) |
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