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chrysalid
adj 1noun 1
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false
VERB + CHRYSALID
adopts
CHRYSALID + NOUN
appearance
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from
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afterwards
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adj
1
of or relating to a chrysalis.
Dark: In Larva, Pupa, and Flight details the transformation from a chrysalid state of frustration--rendered here by a dark, mechanistic environment complete with droning soundscape--to a fleeting interlude of freedom.
The larva which is fed on honey first adopts a false chrysalid appearance and afterwards goes back to its earlier form, though the necessity for these transformations escapes us entirely.
noun
1
Archaic form of chrysalis.
Of the other chrysalids seven are living at this date (15th October).
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Dark: In Larva, Pupa, and Flight details the transformation from a chrysalid state of frustration--rendered here by a dark, mechanistic environment complete with droning soundscape--to a fleeting inte
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The larva which is fed on honey first adopts a false chrysalid appearance and afterwards goes back to its earlier form, though the necessity for these transformations escapes us entirely.
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Most of the omissions of matter often treated in textbooks are intentional; for as a subject develops, it is important, especially in books meant to be introductory, to discard the marks of the chrysa
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Of the other chrysalids seven are living at this date (15th October).
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