Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mademoiselle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mademoiselle \Ma`de*moi`selle"\, n.; pl. {Mesdemoiselles}. [F.,
fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See {Damsel}.]
1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried
lady, equivalent to the English Miss. --Goldsmith.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A marine food fish ({Sci[ae]na chrysura}), of
the Southern United States; -- called also {yellowtail},
and {silver perch}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mademoiselle
n : small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found
along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
[syn: {silver perch}, {Bairdiella chrysoura}]
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