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蛹

yǒng

chrysalis
pupa

(biology) pupa, chrysalis
pupa, chrysalis

昆蟲類的幼蟲，長成至一定階段，即不動不食，其狀如死，形體發生變化，多為棗核形狀，於適合的環境條件下變為成蟲。

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to pupate
to turn into a chrysalis

to pupate
to become a chrysalis

to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)

silkworm chrysalis; silkworm pupa