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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Butterflies: During winter, caterpillars form a chrysalis .
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Chrysalid came from chrysalis , a protective covering, a sheltered state or stage of being or growth.
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His armour has become a bandage as stiff as the casing of a chrysalis .
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Over the years, however, the chrysalis has developed a few harmless transparencies.
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The chrysalis stays fixed to the resting place.
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The butterfly of the gospel has broken out of its chrysalis at Jerusalem and has flown to the centre of the civilised world.
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Wexford was reminded of a butterfly, fresh and lusty, that has escaped from a dried chrysalis .
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Within the chrysalis the insect undergoes complete metamorphosis.