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A.Word.A.Day--chrysalis chrysalis (KRIS-uh-lis) noun, plural chrysalises or chrysalides (kri-SAL-i-deez) A pupa of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in a cocoon. [From Latin chrysallis, from Greek.] "The climax of metamorphosis into an adult can be viewed almost daily. Butterflies usually emerge from their chrysalises sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m." William Allen, Where Beauty Flutters By, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jul 23, 1995. This week's theme: words with irregular plurals. X-Bonus To understand your parents' love, bear your own children. -Chinese saying

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