'Chrysalis' definitions:

Definition of 'Chrysalis'

From: GCIDE

Chrysalis \Chrys"a*lis\, n.; pl. Chrysalides. [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. ?, fr. ? gold. Cf. Aurelia.] (Zool.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a) . [1913 Webster]