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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:
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:
Hypernyms ("demoiselle" is a kind of...):
maid; maiden (an unmarried girl (especially a virgin))
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