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khrysallis
Greek · ancient
"a gold-colored casing"
related to khrysos (gold), describing the golden sheen of some pupal cases
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chrysalis
English · 1600s
"the protective casing of a developing butterfly"
settled as the English word for a butterfly's protective pupal case
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