Definition of Chrysalises

1. Noun. (plural of chrysalis) ¹

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Definition of Chrysalises

1. chrysalis [n] - See also: chrysalis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysalises

chronotropic
chronotropism
chronotype
chronovisor
chronovisors
chronozone
chronozones
chrons
chroococcals
chrosomal abnormality
chrys-
chrysalid
chrysalides
chrysalids
chrysalis
chrysalises (current term)
chrysaniline
chrysanilines
chrysanth
chrysanthemum
chrysanthemum-carboxylic acids
chrysanthemum dog
chrysanthemumlike
chrysanthemums
chrysanths
chrysarobin
chrysarobins
chrysazin
chrysazine
chryselephantine

Literary usage of Chrysalises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"... and then the circumference-cells have maggots when the centre ones have chrysalises, and by the time that the circumference-cells have chrysalises, ..."

2. Report of the Rugby School Natural History Society by Rugby School Natural History Society (1874)
"After obtaining chrysalises, the next thing is, how to keep them ? ... Subterranean chrysalises, when first secured, should, with as much of the cocoon as ..."

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