What is a chrysalis made of? The chrysalis is simply the word for the butterfly during the pupa stage. The outside of the chrysalis is the exoskeleton, or skin, of the pupa. When it becomes time for the larva (caterpillar) to become a chrysalis, the caterpillar spins a silk button from which it hangs.The larva forms its body in a J-shape and the skin splits and falls away.he outside of the chrysalis is the exoskeleton, or skin, of the pupa. When it becomes time for the larva (caterpillar) to become a chrysalis, the caterpillar spins a silk button from which it hangs.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Medic(noun) a leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa. 2  Medic(adj) medical.
spic. n. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a Hispanic person. [Alteration of obsolete.