demoiselle
/ˌdemwɑːˈzel/noun
1
- (亦作demoiselle crane)a small and graceful Old World crane with a black head and breast and white ear tufts, breeding in SE Europe and central Asia蓑羽鹤。
1.1
- Anthropoides virgo, family Gruidae.拉丁名Anthropoides virgo,鹤科。
2
- a damselfly, especially an agrion豆娘蜓(尤指色)
3
- a damselfish雀鲷, 豆娘鱼。
4
- archaic or poetic/literary a young woman〈古或诗/文〉年轻女子。
词源
early 16th cent. (in sense 4): from French, from Old French dameisele 'damsel'.