demoiselle

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demoiselle

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Borrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella.

noun demoiselles

A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
The Numidian crane (Grus virgo).
Similar: demoiselle crane

Similar: broad-winged damselfly

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Similar: broad-winged damselfly

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noun Calopterygidae

Deutsch	Prachtlibelle

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@misc{demoiselle_2026,
  title = {demoiselle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/demoiselle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}