demoiselle
noun
[ ˌdɛmwɑːˈzɛl ]
• a small, graceful Old World crane with a black head and breast and white ear tufts, breeding in south-eastern Europe and central Asia.
• a damselfly, especially an agrion.
• a damselfish.
• a young woman.
Origin:
early 16th century (in demoiselle (sense 4)): from French, from Old French dameisele ‘damsel’.
