chrysalis

/หˆkษนษชsษ™lษชs/

IPA: /K R IH1 S AH0 L IH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.

  2. 2

    The cocoon itself.

  3. 3

    A strong constraint; shackles.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chrysalis