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单词 chrysalid
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chrysalidn.

Brit. /ˈkrɪsəlɪd/, /ˈkrɪsl̩ɪd/, U.S. /ˈkrɪsəˌlɪd/
Etymology: < Latin chrȳsal(l)id-, Greek χρῡσαλλιδ- stem of χρῡσαλλίς chrysalis n.; or perhaps from the (modern) Latin plural chrysalides, in English. Compare French chrysalide.
1.
a. = chrysalis n. 1.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > pupa or chrysalis
nymph1577
nympha1601
aurelia1608
chrysalis1658
puppet1671
pricket1707
pupa1770
chrysalid1777
pupe1819
naiad1918
1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 75 The operations of nature in eggs, Chrysalids.
1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 189 Like chrysalids impatient for the air.
1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) 371 The chrysalid..presents very much the appearance of a small barrel.
b. figurative (esp. as in chrysalis n. 2.)
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1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (ed. 2) ii. 100 The cast husk or chrysalid of the noble creature which was to arise and take shape at the transfiguring touch of Shakespeare.
2. attributive. Of or pertaining to a chrysalis (literal and figurative).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [adjective] > of young > of (nature of) or relating to pupa or chrysalis
chrysalidal1750
chrysaline1782
chrysalid1804
nymphine1806
chrysaloid1816
chrysalidian1851
nymphal1864
pupal1864
neanic1892
1804 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 2) III. 226 In their chrysalid state they remain for some time..perfectly inanimate.
1864 Realm 22 June 5 We hope, when the Lord Chancellor's Bill has slept its chrysalid winter, it will come out winged with a better promise of reform.
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