We also never hear the word chrysalis without thinking of Miss Waterman. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
The chrysalis is what the silkworm becomes when it finishes spinning its cocoon. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: December 19, 2004 - December 25, 2004 Archives] Reference
"The metaphor for 'chrysalis' as a bass fiddle with no strings and a small pistol" is so profoundly smart, and on the mark!. From Wordnik.com. [Literate Reply] Reference
In the nymphalid butterflies, the pupa is often called a 'chrysalis' on account of the golden hue displayed by the cuticle, and the term. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
'chrysalis' is sometimes bestowed indiscriminately on any kind of pupa. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
There is no room for wing expanse inside a chrysalis. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
We go forthwith into a chrysalis state for two weeks. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862] Reference
Outwardly the chrysalis was nothing but an extra leaf. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Aurelia: = chrysalis or pupa; specifically of butterflies. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It is the black chrysalis of the bright butterfly which you know. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Make careful drawings of the caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
How could she keep this too precocious insect in its chrysalis state?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He struck the only thing within his reach, the chrysalis case itself. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
What organ of the insect was contained in the "handle" of the chrysalis?. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The soul of music in the man had never been able to burst its chrysalis. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
I hate musical people; that is, when in the chrysalis state of learning. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870] Reference
"Many soon developed into a worm-like chrysalis, about an inch in length.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
These, after passing through a chrysalis state, develop into the violet flies. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
I couldn't fall asleep next to her, wrapped in her sleeping bag like a chrysalis. From Wordnik.com. [Puries] Reference
As a butterfly from its chrysalis he bursts at once into fully developed existence. From Wordnik.com. [The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'] Reference
Alligate - us: fastened or suspended by a thread; like the chrysalis of Papilio, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
They hang there like love's larvae, waiting to emerge purified from a chrysalis of dreams. From Wordnik.com. [Love On The Run] Reference
Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Watches the caddis-flies build their homes (page 262) and go into the chrysalis state (page 262). From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
The trouble with you and me is that we stand still, all curled up in ourselves as in a chrysalis. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
It's the Gore White House in chrysalis -- if he can navigate the tricky course from here to the year 2000. From Wordnik.com. [Gore's World] Reference
Nature had armed the chrysalis with the needful tools, a grip attachment and a set of tiny sharp-edged hooks. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
From the cocoon, or chrysalis, as the case may be, the butterfly or moth sooner or later makes its appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
After the gum is removed from the cocoons, they are opened and combed, most of the chrysalis shell being removed. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Observe and record the hatching of the tiny worm, its feeding, growth, forming of chrysalis, development into adult. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
On the fourth day this shell split cleanly at the tail, and, from the opening, the hind part of the chrysalis emerged. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
It gave her the appearance of a butterfly who had got halfway through emerging from a chrysalis and then changed her mind. From Wordnik.com. [Alexander McQueen: family and fashion royalty pay tributes at St Paul's] Reference
Caterpillars use it chiefly as a means of providing a warm covering while in the chrysalis stage: so also do some beetles. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Kindergarten teachers are familiar with such narratives: the little stories of chrysalis-breaking, flower-growth, and the like. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Membrana retinens: the stretched part of the membrane around the rectum of butterfly larvae, used in the change to the chrysalis. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
By a singular succession of events, however, the MS. has been hidden in the chrysalis of years, until, lo! it sees the light of day at. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
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