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DEMOISELLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs

Synonyms:

damselfish; demoiselle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("demoiselle" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demoiselle"):

beaugregory; Pomacentrus leucostictus (a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies)

anemone fish (live associated with sea anemones)

Abudefduf saxatilis; sergeant major (large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide)

Holonyms ("demoiselle" is a member of...):

family Pomacentridae; Pomacentridae (damselfishes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A young unmarried woman

Synonyms:

damoiselle; damosel; damozel; damsel; demoiselle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("demoiselle" is a kind of...):

maid; maiden (an unmarried girl (especially a virgin))

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