Demoiselle - English meaning

noun

A small, graceful old world crane with a black head and breast and white ear tufts, breeding in south-eastern europe and central asia.

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Keeping us company were a demoiselle crane on the shore and a flock of waders in the water.

noun

A damselfly, especially an agrion.

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The banded demoiselle belongs to a group of insects called odonata (meaning toothed jaws) that incl…

noun

A damselfish.

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The tropical fish tank came fully equipped: pumps, filters, hoses, light fixtures, coral arrangemen…

noun

A young woman.

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Twelve years were to pass before françaix wrote his next ballet, ‘les demoiselles de la nuit) (the …