chrysalis
kri suh lis
- n pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
- In college, however, Sieger underwent such a dramatic weight gain that, ever since, she has been a size 6 butterfly struggling to emerge from a chrysalis of size 20 clothes.
- The top spot went to a firm in Jiangsu province busted for adulterating its nationally sold nutritional supplement, supposedly made from silkworm chrysalis.
- Any resemblance between Miltown and a chrysalis, doctors agreed, was confined to Dali's fancy.