De`moi`selle" (?), n. [F. See Damsel.]
1.
A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
2. Zool.
The Numidian crane (Antropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
3. Zool.
A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
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