chrysalis
蛹,蚕蛹,蛹虫草
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plural chrys·a·lis·es, chry·sal·i·des [kri-sal-i-deez]. /krɪˈsæl ɪˌdiz/.
- : the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
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Then add a twist when the youngest begins to emerge from the chrysalis of what appeared as an early traditional childhood gender path transforming over time into a butterfly of the opposite gender.
Chrysalis, a new line of lingerie, aims to create undergarments for transgender women.
It is hardly more than a hundred thousand years since terrestrial humanity evolved itself from the animal chrysalis.
In Leeming-street it was in the chrysalis state; in Fishergate the butterfly epoch has been reached.
As I look back I seem to myself to have been only a chrysalis.
Why remember the chrysalis after the butterfly is in the air?
This often lasts for two hours or more; it might be said that the cream remains in chrysalis, and refuses to butterfly!