demoiselle noun. [dɛmwɑ:'zɛl] E16.
[French: see DAMSEL.]
1. A young lady, a girl. arch. E16.

2. A Eurasian and N. African crane, Anthropoides virgo, with elongated black breast-feathers and white neck-plumes. Now usu. more fully demoiselle crane. L17.

3. A dragonfly or (esp.) a damselfly. M19.

4. A damselfish. L19.

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