1. demoiselle(n = noun.person) damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel - a young unmarried woman;
is a kind of maid, maiden
2. demoiselle(n = noun.animal) damselfish - small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs;
is a kind of percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
is a member of family pomacentridae, pomacentridae
has particulars: beaugregory, pomacentrus leucostictus, anemone fish, abudefduf saxatilis, sergeant major
demoiselle, n.
1 Zool. a small crane, Anthropoides virgo, native to Asia and N. Africa.
2 a a damselfly. b a damselfish.
3 archaic a young woman.
Etymology:
F, = DAMSEL
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