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A hypothetical former moon of Saturn, whose gravitational influence is proposed as the source of Saturn's inclination and near-resonance with Uranus, and whose destruction by gravitational disruption is proposed as the source of Saturn's rings.
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A proposed generation ship, which would use fusion rockets and take 400 years to travel from the Sun to Alpha Centauri. See PROJECT HYPERION and Project Hyperion (interstellar).
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A butterfly pupa or the pupal stage of the butterfly lifestyle; (originally) any pupal stage of any insect wherein the pupa is largely inactive and takes no food.
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The bare hanging cocoon of butterfly pupae; (originally) any cocoon.
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Any limiting environment or situation escaped during one's growth or development in the manner of a butterfly.
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To form a chrysalis or cocoon.
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To metamorphize, to undergo metamorphosis, to transform.
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pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
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Broader terms: pupa
History
From chrysalis. Coined in 2022.
From Latin chrysalis, variant of chrȳsallis, from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς (khrusallís), usually derived from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold, golden”) + -αλλ- + -ις (-is, “-id: forming feminine nouns”) but compare θρυαλλίς (thruallís) and ἀρυβαλλίς (aruballís), both believed to come from a Pre-Greek substrate on the basis of their unusual endings.
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