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Definition of: demoiselle
(dem′·wä·zel′) noun
1. An unmarried woman; a damsel.
2. An Old World crane (Numidian crane, family Gruidae) of graceful form and carriage.
3. A dragonfly (family Agriidae). [<F, var. of damoiselle <OF dameisele. See DAMSEL.]
(About 4 feet erect)
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