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Webster 1913 Edition

Demoiselle

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Deˊmoiˊselle′

,
Noun.
[F. See
Damsel
.]
1.
A young lady; a damsel; a lady’s maid.
2.
(Zool.)
The Numidian crane (
Anthropoides 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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