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| chrysalis |
the hard outside covering on a moth or butterfly while it is a pupa, the stage before it becomes an adult with wings. Many kinds of moths and butterflies make a chrysalis instead of a cocoon. Chrysalis is also sometimes used as another name for the pupa itself. |
| cocoon |
A cocoon is a covering made by young insects. The cocoon protects them while they are changing into an adult. Some spiders also make cocoons to hide their eggs. |
| pupa |
an insect in a middle stage of its development, after it is a larva. Pupas do not eat or move; they are changing into their adult form. Many kinds of insects, including butterflies, spend their time as a pupa inside a cocoon. |
| silkworm |
a caterpillar of a moth, originally from Asia. The caterpillar makes silk thread that it uses to spin its cocoon. People use the cocoons to make silk cloth. |
| spin |
of a spider or insect, to make (a web or cocoon) using thread that comes from the body. [1/8 definitions] |
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