Definition of Chrysalid

1. a. Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.

2. n. See Chrysalis.

Definition of Chrysalid

1. Adjective. of or relating to a chrysalis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chrysalid

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysalid

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

Literary usage of Chrysalid

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

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"I thought the necessary consequence of assuming that the early stage of the orthopteran was a caterpillar in the egg, was, that it also passed the chrysalid ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1856)
"Ithought the necessary consequence of assuming that the early stage of the orthopteran was a caterpillar in the egg, was, that it also passed the chrysalid ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1914)
"The Pontia chrysalid was immediately eaten but the other two pupae were not ... The chrysalid was attacked in the same way as the two previous ones, ..."

4. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"If the chrysalid has been made freely exposed note whether its colors and ... Make a drawing of the chrysalid showing and naming all the parts that can be ..."

5. First Lessons in Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1903)
"chrysalid (pupa) of the violet-tip butterfly, Polygonia interroga- tionis. From this chrysalid issues the full-fledged butterfly. ..."

6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario, Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871) (1883)
"From the chrysalid of P. Troilus I have obtained T. ... I note that the point of exit of this parasite from the chrysalid was the same in every case, viz., ..."

7. Butterflies and Bees: The Insect Folk : Volume II by Margaret Warner Morley (1905)
"As soon as one tries to leave the milkweed, put it in a box and it will soon become a chrysalid. It will take about a week for the chrysalid to transform ..."

8. Biology, with preludes on current events. Repr by Joseph Cook (1879)
"Your beautiful tropical butterfly was once a repulsive chrysalid ... be no account given whatever of that creature woven out of the loathsome chrysalid ? ..."

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