||De`moi`selle" (?), n. [F. See
Damsel.] 1. A young lady; a damsel; a
lady's maid.
2. (Zoöl.) The Numidian crane
(Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and
symmetry of its form and movements.
3. (Zoöl.) A beautiful, small
dragon fly of the genus Agrion.