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1. WordNet® 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]
2. 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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