Demoiselle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demoiselle \De`moi`selle"\, n. [F. See {Damsel}.]
     1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
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     2. (Zool.) The Numidian crane ({Anthropoides virgo}); -- so
        called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form


        and movements.
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     3. (Zool.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus
        {Agrion}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]