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[syn: silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. (Zool.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the
Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and
silver perch.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mademoiselle
n 1: small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch;
found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
[syn: silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella
chrysoura]