Demoiselle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A young woman.
  • n. A demoiselle crane.
  • n. See damselfly.
  • n. See damselfish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
  • n. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
  • n. The Numidian crane (Antropoides virgo); so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
  • n. The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
  • n. A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A young lady; a damsel.
  • n. A bird, the Numidian crane, Anthropoides virgo: so called from its gracefulness and symmetry of form.
  • n. In entomology, a damsel-fly: a dragon-fly.
  • n. A shark, Galeocerdo tigrinus, about 12 feet long.
  • n. A fish of the genus Pomacentrus; one of the family Pomacentridæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
  • n. a young unmarried woman
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    maid    maiden   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    damsel   
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