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chrysalid
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chrys·a·lid  (krs-ld)
n.
A chrysalis.
adj.
Relating to or resembling a chrysalis.

chrysalid [ˈkrɪsəlɪd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) another name for chrysalis
adj also chrysalidal [krɪˈsælɪdəl]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of or relating to a chrysalis


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As always, Wilson trusts his characters to develop along their own lines, and as a result he earns our trust as well, in one of the more affecting post-apocalyptic, reverse-frontier tales of its type since Leigh Brackett's The Long Tomorrow or John Wyndham's The Chrysalids.
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