Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Demoiselle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demoiselle \De`moi`selle"\, n. [F. See {Damsel}.]
1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The Numidian crane ({Anthropoides virgo}); --
so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form
and movements.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus
{Agrion}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demoiselle
n 1: a young unmarried woman [syn: {damsel}, {damoiselle}, {damosel},
{damozel}]
2: small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral
reefs [syn: {damselfish}]
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