chrysalises

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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, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chrysalises