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don·cel·la \dänˈselə\ noun (-s) Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, girl, virgin, housemaid, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin domnicilla, diminutive of Latin domina lady — more at dame 1. : any of several brightly colored wrasses of the West Indies and Florida: a. : the slippery dick and closely related fishes b. : ladyfish b 2. : either of two West Indian timber trees (Byrsonima spicata and B. cuneata) valued for their hard wood — compare surette |