Chrysalis

Chrys″a‐lis (?), n.; pl.Chrysalides (#). [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. �, fr. � gold. Cf. Aurelia.] (Zoöl.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a).