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What is the noun for chrysalid?

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chrysalis
  1. The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place
  2. (figuratively) A strong constraint.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Unlike any other British butterfly, speckled woods are able to hibernate as either a caterpillar or chrysalis.”
      “Release the butterfly where it was captured as soon as it emerges from its chrysalis.”
      “The title may refer to a process, as when a butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.”
chrysalid
  1. Archaic form of chrysalis.
chrysalids
  1. plural of chrysalid
  2. Examples:
    1. “To test if this timing is controlled by an internal clock, the researchers exposed the chrysalids to total darkness.”
      “The facility's original design included a display case for visitors to observe the actual emergence of the butterflies from their chrysalids.”
      “These are the chrysalids or pupae of the insect and later from them will come the millers.”
chrysalides
  1. plural of chrysalis
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We all have things encased in tissue paper chrysalides, maybe that we have treasured for decades.”
      “When your caterpillars are full-sized they will transform into chrysalides.”
      “Groundbait with a salty base consisting of cheese and chrysalides especially designed for the river Mincio.”
chrysalises
  1. plural of chrysalis
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Jo Body, of High Road, Benfleet, was horror-struck when she found the black hairy beasts hatching from chrysalises on her neighbour's tree.”
      “There are at least seven chrysalises, dozens of caterpillars in all sizes and one egg.”
      “They will turn into chrysalises and, after a few weeks, into butterflies or moths.”
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