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kukla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • balaclava noun A close-fitting knitted covering for the head and neck, often with an opening for the face, worn for warmth or as a disguise.
  • chrysalis noun The hard protective case a caterpillar forms around itself while it transforms into a butterfly.
  • cocoon noun A silky protective case spun by insect larvae, in which they transform into their adult form.

Senses

kukla is used for these senses in English:

  • balaclava A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.
  • chrysalis The pupa of a butterfly or moth, particularly bare and hanging or girdled, as opposed to enclosed in a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
  • cocoon The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
  • pupa (entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.

chrysalis — full definition

  1. noun The hard protective case a caterpillar forms around itself while it transforms into a butterfly.
  2. noun A stage of sheltered transformation or growth, used figuratively.

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