noun1. Also called: demoiselle crane, Numidian crane a small crane, Anthropoides virgo, of central Asia, N Africa, and SE Europe, having grey plumage with long black breast feathers and white ear tufts
2. a less common name for a damselfly
3. another name for damselfish
4. a literary word for damsel
Word origin
C16: from French: young woman; see
damsel