[syn: damselfish, demoiselle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
demoiselle
n 1: a young unmarried woman [syn: damsel, demoiselle,
damoiselle, damosel, damozel]
2: small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral
reefs [syn: damselfish, demoiselle]