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Anthropoides virgo

Demoiselle \De`moi`selle"\, n. [F. See Damsel.]

  1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) The Numidian crane ( Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.